"chantry" meaning in English

See chantry in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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, {{m|fro|chanter||to sing}} chanter (“to sing”) 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-37CVBodO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 58 42 Disambiguation of "a fund to have masses sung for specified people's souls": 65 35
  2. A chapel set up for this purpose Categories (topical): Places of worship Translations (a chapel for such a purpose): chaunterie (Middle English)
    Sense id: en-chantry-en-noun-LmiTcrbY Disambiguation of Places of worship: 23 77 Disambiguation of 'a chapel for such a purpose': 4 96

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