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chantry definition

chan·try (c̸han′trē, c̸hän′-)

noun pl. chantries -·tries

  1. an endowment to pay for Masses and prayers for the soul of a specified person, often the endower: an earlier term
  2. a chapel or altar endowed, esp. in the Middle Ages, for this

Etymology: ME chanterie < OFr: see chant

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chantry Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • endow: The church formerly contained a richly endowed chantry, under the invocation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Adjective modifier

  • second: There is a second chantry, founded by the family of the late Mr. John Knill, of Blackheath.

Modifies a noun

  • chapel: Close to the end of the bridge stands St Edmund's church, with a small chantry chapel opposite.

Preposition: in

  • church: Bucks, to endow a chantry in the church where his mother was buried, ( fn.

Preposition: of

  • chaplain: A chantry of two chaplains established there by Andrew de Bures ( fn.

Preposition: for

  • priest: Guy Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, founded in it a college or chantry for eight priests, in honor of the Blessed Virgin.
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