chantry

chantry (chan-tree), n. Hist. Eccles. law.

1. A benefice endowed for the saying of Mass by chantry priests for the soul of the founder or his designees. • This practice was abolished in England by the Chantry Acts of 1545 and 1547.

2. A chapel or part of a church so endowed. — Also spelled chauntry.


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