Look up: Chantry


  1. chantry
    [n] - an endowment for the singing of Masses 2. [n] - a chapel endowed for singing Masses for the soul of the donor
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=chantry

  2. chantry
    In medieval Europe, a religious foundation in which, in return for an endowment of land, the souls of the donor and the donor's family and friends would be prayed for. A chantry could be held at an...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  3. Chantry
    Chant'ry noun ; plural Chantries . [ Old French chanterie , from chanter to sing.] 1. An endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers, commonly for the founder. 2. A chapel or a...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/54

  4. chantry
    noun a chapel endowed for singing Masses for the soul of the donor
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  5. chantry
    noun an endowment for the singing of Masses
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=chantry

  6. Chantry
    • (n.) A chapel or altar so endowed. • (n.) An endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers, commonly for the founder.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/chantry/

  7. chantry
    chapel, generally within a church, endowed for the singing of masses for the founder after his death. The practice of founding chantries, or chantry ... [1 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/55

  8. Chantry
    A chantry is an ecclesiastical benefice or endowment to provide for the chanting of masses. Chantries were very commonly a testamentary bequest, the testator also directing a chapel to be built, often over the spot where he was buried, in which the masses were to be celebrated for the especial benef...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/TC.HTM

  9. Chantry
    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 given by donors, the income from which maintained the chantry priest. A chantry chapel is a buildi...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chantry

  10. chantry
    1. an endowment for the singing of Masses
    2. a chapel endowed for singing Masses for the soul of the donor

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  11. chantry
    In medieval Europe, a religious foundation in which, in return for an endowment of land, the souls of the donor and the donor's family and friends would be prayed for. A chantry could be held at an existing altar, or in a specially constructed chantry chapel in which the donor's body was usually bur...
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0020720.html

  12. chantry
    1) Endowment 2) Endowment fund
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/chantry/1

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