/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 ]