noun
chantry
noun
1
A fund or chapel endowed to pay a priest to sing masses for the souls of specific people, usually the donor's family.
"The medieval lord left money in his will to establish a chantry in the parish church."
How to Use Chantry
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA historical religious endowment (or the chapel it funded) for masses to be sung for the dead.
Word Forms
chantries plural
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Etymology
From Old French chanterie, from chanter ("to sing").