"chantry" meaning in All languages combined

See chantry on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: chantries [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English chaunterie, from Old French chanterie, from chanter (“to sing”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|chaunterie}} Middle English chaunterie, {{der|en|fro|chanterie}} Old French chanterie Head templates: {{en-noun}} chantry (plural chantries)
  1. An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people. Translations (a fund to have masses sung for specified people's souls): chaunterie (Middle English)
    Sense id: en-chantry-en-noun-gkcQgh0i Disambiguation of "a fund to have masses sung for specified people's souls": 72 28
  2. A chapel set up for this purpose. Categories (place): Places of worship Coordinate_terms: oratory Translations (a chapel for such a purpose): chaunterie (Middle English)
    Sense id: en-chantry-en-noun-Tey1d5Tl Disambiguation of Places of worship: 12 88 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Middle English translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 36 64 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of 'a chapel for such a purpose': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: chanter, chanting, chantress, enchantment, collegiate church, indulgences, intercession

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|altform=1}} chantry
  1. alternative form of chaunterie Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: chaunterie
    Sense id: en-chantry-enm-noun-1c361lV6 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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