chantry

English

Etymology

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

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

Translations

a fund to have masses sung for specified people's souls

• Middle English: chaunterie

a chapel for such a purpose

• Middle English: chaunterie

Anagrams

• Cathryn

Middle English

Noun

chantry

1. Alternative form of chaunterie