chantry
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English chaunterie, from Old French chanterie, from chanter (“to sing”).
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
a fund to have masses sung for specified people's souls
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a chapel for such a purpose
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Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
chantry
- Alternative form of chaunterie