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Chantry - Wikipedia 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 a chantry chapel, a building on private land, or an area in a parish church or cathedral reserved for the performance of these celebrations
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
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
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 - 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
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
Chantry - Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias Chantry — For other uses, see Chantry (disambiguation) Chantry is the English term for a fund established to pay for a priest to celebrate sung Masses for a specified purpose, generally for the soul of the deceased donor
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
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