chantry
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English chaunterie, from Old French chanterie, from chanter (“to sing”).
Noun edit
chantry (plural chantries)
- An 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
Translations edit
a fund to have masses sung for specified people's souls
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a chapel for such a purpose
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Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Noun edit
chantry
- Alternative form of chaunterie