Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An endowment to cover expenses for the saying of masses and prayers, usually for the soul of the founder of the endowment.
- noun An altar or chapel endowed for the saying of such masses and prayers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A church or chapel which in former times was endowed with lands or other revenue for the maintenance of one or more priests to sing or say mass daily for the soul of the donor or for the souls of persons named by him.
- noun A chapel attached to a church, in which minor services for prayer, singing, etc., Sunday-school meetings, and the like are held.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers, commonly for the founder.
- noun A chapel or altar so endowed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
endowment for the maintenance of apriest to sing a dailymass for thesouls of specified people - noun A
chapel set up for this purpose
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an endowment for the singing of Masses
- noun a chapel endowed for singing Masses for the soul of the donor
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Between the chancel and the chantry is the large tomb covering the remains of Thomas Fiennes, second Lord
Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas
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The chantry was a foundation with endowment, the proceeds of which went to one or more priests carrying the obligation of singing or saying Mass at stated times, or daily, for the soul of the endower, or for the souls of persons named by him.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Strictly speaking, the chantry is the endowment, and in some cases it was attached to an existing chapel in which other Masses were commonly celebrated.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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On other parts of the ceiling are the arms of Bishop Audley and those of the Deanery as well as a shield bearing the letters R.I. The upper part of the chantry, which is divided from the Lady Chapel by the top of the screen which serves as a kind of rail, may have been used as an oratory; but no remains of an altar have been found.
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The stained windows, which form an interesting collection of arms and legends, are in memory of Archbishop Musgrave, once Bishop of Hereford, to whom there is also another window by Warrington in the wall of the aisle above the chantry, which is only 11 feet in height.
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His chantry, which is on the south side of the nave, and occupies two bays of the aisle, was arranged by him before his death, and its richness is inversely proportionate to the degradation of his character.
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The Church has done this for centuries (think of chantry chapels, endowments, etc.) and we never bat an eyelash.
Anglican Church of Canada is hawking the silverware « Anglican Samizdat 2010
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He wanted a chantry founded at the school so that schoolboys could sing masses daily to speed his soul to heaven—a practice that had been outlawed the previous decade, but which under Mary was now legal again.
Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010
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It may have been a chantry chapel, where Masses would have been said for the soul of Queen Eleanor, wife of Edward I.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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Instead, Denton diverted his funds to endow a chantry.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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