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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
CHANTRY Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Chantry definition: an endowment for the singing or saying of Mass for the souls of the founders or of persons named by them See examples of CHANTRY used in a sentence
The origin of chantries - Medievalists. net Alternatively he could establish a chantry attached to a cathedral or parish church and served by a secular priest – another privatised form of commemoration which became a characteristic form of late medieval piety
Chantry | Catholic Answers Encyclopedia 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