Chantry
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people.
- 2 a chapel endowed for singing Masses for the soul of the donor wordnet
- 3 A chapel set up for this purpose.
- 4 an endowment for the singing of Masses wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English chaunterie, from Old French chanterie, from chanter (“to sing”).