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Chantry

noun
(pl. chantries)
1.
An endowment for the singing of Masses.
2.
A chapel endowed for singing Masses for the soul of the donor.





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"Chantry" Quotes from Famous Books



... Three Brides. My Young Alcides. The Caged Lion. The Dove in the Eagle's Nest. The Chaplet of Pearls. Lady Hester, and the Danvers Papers. Magnum Bonum. Love and Life. Unknown to History. Stray Pearls. The Armourer's 'Prentices. The Two Sides of the Shield. Nuttie's Father. Scenes and Characters. Chantry House. A Modern Telemachus. Bye-Words. Beechcroft at Rockstone. More Bywords. A Reputed Changeling. The Little Duke. The Lances of Lynwood. The Prince and the Page. P's and Q's, and Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe. Two Penniless Princesses. ...
— The Pirate and The Three Cutters • Frederick Marryat
... window? How picturesque! What is a chantry? And why do you want to see it unveiled? Are you after copy—doing something in the Huysmans manner? 'La ...
— The Descent of Man and Other Stories • Edith Wharton


Words linked to "Chantry" :   endowment, chapel, endowment fund


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