chantry
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English chaunterie, from Old French chanterie, from chanter (“to sing”).
Noun
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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