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chantry

chantry noun: an endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people.

Noun

chantry (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.

Forms of chantry

pluralchantries

Origin of chantry

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

Questions about chantry

What does chantry mean?
Chantry means an endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people.
What part of speech is chantry?
Chantry is a noun.
What is the plural of chantry?
The plural of chantry is chantries.

Words near chantry in the dictionary

  1. chantress
  2. chantresses
  3. Chantrey
  4. chantries
  5. chantriolide
  6. chantry
  7. chants
  8. chantuelle
  9. chantuelles
  10. chantwell
  11. chantwells

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