chantry

[ UK /t‍ʃˈɑːntɹi/ ]
NOUN
  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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How To Use chantry In A Sentence

  • They too had social selves, identities which ranged far outside church or chantry.
  • The village is named after St Wrw, whose remains are said to be buried in the chantry chapel in the churchyard.
  • Although apparently the last of the churches built at Maldon, it became the principal church of the town; Robert Darcy established a chantry there.
  • Joseph Elianore obtained royal licence in 1338 to found a chantry there which during the 1340s he endowed with numerous lands and rents.
  • His body rests in the King George VI Memorial Chapel, a small chantry chapel adjoining the north choir aisle and only completed in 1969.
  • The now ruined Spofforth Castle was the base he established in the area and would have had a chantry chapel for private family worship.
  • The now ruined Spofforth Castle was the base he established in the area and would have had a chantry chapel for private family worship.
  • Between the chancel and the chantry is the large tomb covering the remains of Thomas Fiennes, second Lord Highways & Byways in Sussex
  • The chantry schools were similar in character to the cathedral and canonicate schools. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock
  • His body rests in the King George VI Memorial Chapel, a small chantry chapel adjoining the north choir aisle and only completed in 1969.
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