- Chantry - Wikipedia
A chantry may occupy a single altar, for example in the side aisle of a church, or an enclosed chapel within a larger church, generally dedicated to the donor's favourite saint Many chantry altars became richly endowed, often with gold furnishings and valuable vestments
- Chantry | Gothic, Medieval Monastic | Britannica
chantry, chapel, generally within a church, endowed for the singing of masses for the founder after his death The practice of founding chantries, or chantry chapels, in western Europe began during the 13th century A chantry was added to the cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris in 1258
- Illustrated Dictionary of British Churches - Chantry Definition
A Chantry, also known as a chantry chapel, is a memorial or even a complete building dedicated to the memory of a person or family In the medieval period it was common for wealthy patrons of a church to give a grant of money to pay for a priest to say prayers for themselves and their family
- CHANTRY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of CHANTRY is an endowment for the chanting of masses commonly for the founder
- CHANTRY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
Definition of 'chantry' chantry in British English (ˈtʃɑːntrɪ ) noun Word forms: plural -tries Christianity
- CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Chantry - NEW ADVENT
These detached chantry chapels, built in a churchyard, or in an outlying district, or at the entrance to bridges, often consisted of two stories, the lower one being devoted to the strictly religious uses of the foundation, while the incumbent used the upper one as his home or as a schoolroom
- Chantry - definition of chantry by The Free Dictionary
chantry A small self-contained chapel, usually inside but sometimes outside a medieval church, financially endowed by the founder so that regular masses could be said for the repose of his or her soul
- chantries | Encyclopedia. com
The small chantry chapels, such as Bishop Bubwith's (Wells), Cardinal Beaufort's (Winchester), and Humphrey, duke of Gloucester's (St Albans), are ‘a series unique in the history of European art’
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