chantry

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noun

An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people.

OriginMiddle English chaunterie ← Old French chanterie →
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Meanings

nounchantry (plural chantries)

plural chantries

  1. An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people.
  2. A chapel set up for this purpose.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchchanterie
  2. Middle Englishchaunterie
  3. Englishchantry

From Middle English chaunterie, from Old French chanterie, from chanter (“to sing”).

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APA

chantry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chantry

MLA

“chantry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chantry. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chantry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chantry.

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