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Chantry - Wikipedia A chantry is an ecclesiastical term that may have either of two related meanings: [1] a chantry service, a set of Christian liturgical celebrations for the dead (made up of the Requiem Mass and the Office of the Dead), or
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
Chantry | Catholic Answers Encyclopedia Chantry (M E chaunterie; O Fr chanterie; Fr chanter, to sing; M Lat cantaria, cantuaria, whence cantarie, cantuarie), the endowment of one or more priests to say or sing Mass for the soul of the endower, or for the souls of persons named by him, and also, in the greater number of cases, to perform certain other offices, such as those of
The origin of chantries - Medievalists. net The chantry was a phenomenon of the later middle ages whose origins have never been satisfactorily explained It is argued here that what led to its emergence in the thirteenth century was the inability of the monastic orders, at a time of rising population and increasing awareness of the pains of Purgatory, to cope with the growing demand for
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
Chantry - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Online Among the many evils attendant upon the suppression of the chantry the most grievous, perhaps, was the effect upon education For the chantries were the grammar schools of the period -- the incumbent "teaching gratis the poor who asked it humbly for the love of God "
What does chantry mean? - Definitions. net A chantry is a Christian endowment for the singing or saying of mass for the souls of deceased benefactors It is traditionally established within a church or chapel, where a priest performs these services
The Medieval Chantry in England - British Archaeological Association Chantries were religious institutions endowed with land, goods and money At their heart was the performance of a daily mass for the spiritual benefit of their founders, and the souls of all faithful dead
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