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Webster 1913 Edition

Chantry

Chant′ry

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Chantries
(#)
.
[OF.
chanterie
, fr.
chanter
to sing.]
1.
An endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers, commonly for the founder.
2.
A chapel or altar so endowed.
Cowell.

Webster 1828 Edition

Chantry

CHANTRY

,
Noun.
A church or chapel endowed with lands, or other revenue, for the maintenance of one or more priests daily to sing or say mass for the souls of the donors, or such as they appoint.

Definition 2024

chantry

chantry

English

Noun

chantry ‎(plural chantries)

  1. An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people
  2. A chapel set up for this purpose

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Etymology

Middle English, from Old French chanterie, from chanter ‎(“to sing”)

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