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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
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’
Chantry – The Episcopal Church Chantries were often educational centers Priests appointed to chantries often conducted schools Chantries were suppressed in the Church of England in 1547