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chantry

[ chan-tree, chahn- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Ecclesiastical.

, plural chan·tries.

an endowment for the singing or saying of Mass for the souls of the founders or of persons named by them.
a chapel or the like so endowed.
the priests of a chantry endowment.
a chapel attached to a church, used for minor services.

chantry

/ ˈtʃɑːntrɪ /

an endowment for the singing of Masses for the soul of the founder or others designated by him
a chapel or altar so endowed
( as modifier )
a chantry priest

Origin of chantry¹

1300–50; Middle English chanterie < Middle French. See chant, -ery

Origin of chantry¹

C14: from Old French chanterie, from chanter to sing; see chant

He plays Wallace, a twentysomething medical school dropout who falls for Chantry (Zoe Kazan), a capricious animator/artist.

A chantry of the Confraternity of St. George, built on the north side of the new church, took the place of a north aisle.

Quite recently a new high-pitched roof has been placed over this chantry.

Nicholson thinks it probable this was the chantry of St. Roch; its revenues were valued at £2, 14s.

He founded and endowed a chantry in the cathedral, and made various bequests to his old colleges at Oxford, dying in London 1422.

I stripped off Doctor Chantry's unendurable bandages, and put on my clothes, for there were brambles along the path.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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