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Chantry logo #10101) Endowment 2) Endowment fund
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  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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chantry logo #22641chapel or altar built for prayers for its benefactor's soul
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Chantry

Chantry logo #21002• (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.
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chantry logo #21003chapel, 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]
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chantry logo #20688In 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...
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Chantry

Chantry logo #20972Chant'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 altar so endowed. Cowell.
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Chantry

Chantry logo #21217A 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 benefit of the souls of himself and others named in his...
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chantry logo #20400[n] - an endowment for the singing of Masses 2. [n] - a chapel endowed for singing Masses for the soul of the donor
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chantry logo #20974 noun a chapel endowed for singing Masses for the soul of the donor
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chantry logo #21221In 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 buried. Chantry chapels are often built off t...
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chantry logo #21199an endowment for the singing or saying of Mass for the souls of the founders or of persons named by them. · a chapel or the like so endowed. · the priests of a chantry endowment. · a chapel attached to a church, used for minor services.
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