chantry

English

Etymology

From Middle English chaunterie, from Old French chanterie, from chanter (“to sing”).

Noun

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

a fund to have masses sung for specified people's souls

Middle English: chaunterie

a chapel for such a purpose

Middle English: chaunterie

Anagrams

Cathryn

Middle English

Noun

chantry

Alternative form of chaunterie

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