chantry
chantry · chantries
An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of…An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people.
Meaning
2 sensesAn endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people.
A chapel set up for this purpose.
More definitions
- a chapel endowed for singing Masses for the soul of the donor
- an endowment for the singing of Masses
Origin
From Middle English chaunterie, from Old French chanterie, from chanter (“to sing”).From Middle English chaunterie, from Old French chanterie, from chanter (“to sing”).
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