(A chapel endowed by a chantry)

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• chantry — noun (plural chantries) Etymology: Middle English chanterie, from Anglo French, literally, singing, from chanter Date: 14th century 1. an endowment for the chanting of masses commonly for the founder 2. a chapel endowed by a chantry …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• chantry — /chaentriy/ A church or chapel endowed with lands for the maintenance of priests to say Mass daily for the souls of the donors …   Black's law dictionary

• chantry — /chaentriy/ A church or chapel endowed with lands for the maintenance of priests to say Mass daily for the souls of the donors …   Black's law dictionary

• Chapel — • When St. Martin divided his military cloak (cappa) and gave half to the beggar at the gate of Amiens, he wrapped the other half round his shoulders, thus making of it a cape (capella). This cape, or its representative, was afterwards preserved… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Chantry — Chant ry, n.; pl. {Chantries}. [OF. chanterie, fr. chanter to sing.] 1. An endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers, commonly for the founder. [1913 Webster] 2. A chapel or altar so endowed. Cowell. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• chantry — [chan′trē, chän′trē] n. pl. chantries [ME chanterie < OFr: see CHANT] R.C.Ch. 1. an endowment to pay for Masses and prayers for the soul of a specified person, often the endower: an earlier term 2. a chapel or altar endowed, esp. in the Middle …   English World dictionary

• Chantry — For other uses, see Chantry (disambiguation). Chantry is the English term for a fund established to pay for a priest to celebrate sung Masses for a specified purpose, generally for the soul of the deceased donor. Chantries were endowed with lands …   Wikipedia

• chantry — /chan tree, chahn /, n., pl. chantries. Eccles. 1. an endowment for the singing or saying of Mass for the souls of the founders or of persons named by them. 2. a chapel or the like so endowed. 3. the priests of a chantry endowment. 4. a chapel… …   Universalium

• Chantry —    A small chapel attached to a Parish Church where the daily offices are said, e. g., the chantry of Grace Church, New York. Anciently the chantry was an endowed chapel …   American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

• chantry — /ˈtʃæntri/ (say chantree), /ˈtʃantri/ (say chahntree) noun (plural chantries) Ecclesiastical 1. an endowment for the singing or saying of mass for the souls of the founders or of persons named by them. 2. a chapel or the like so endowed. 3. the… …  

• Chantry — Orig. the endowment of a priest to offer up prayers for a particular person after their death; later a chapel or altar endowed for the saying of prayers and singing of mass for its founder. They remained popular until suppressed in 1545 in the… …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases