CHANTRY


Meaning of CHANTRY in English

/chan"tree, chahn"-/ , n. , pl. chantries . Eccles.

1. an endowment for the singing or saying of Mass for the souls of the founders or of persons named by them.

2. a chapel or the like so endowed.

3. the priests of a chantry endowment.

4. a chapel attached to a church, used for minor services.

[ 1300-50; ME chanterie ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .