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Answer for the clue "Church chapel ", 7 letters:
chantry
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Word definitions for chantry in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chantry \Chant"ry\, n.; pl. Chantries . [OF. chanterie, fr. chanter to sing.] An endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers, commonly for the founder. A chapel or altar so endowed. --Cowell.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people 2 A chapel set up for this purpose
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A chantry or (from Latin) obiit ("he has departed"; may also refer to the mass or masses themselves) was a form of trust fund established during the pre-Reformation medieval era in England for the purpose of employing one or more priests to sing a stipulated ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an endowment for the singing of Masses a chapel endowed for singing Masses for the soul of the donor
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Apart from infrequent exceptions such as these, chantry priests were indistinguishable from parish chaplains. ▪ But all the endowments which funded chantries were confiscated at Easter 1548 and vested in the Crown. ▪ Even more ...
Usage examples of chantry.
I would not have spoken up at all, but I chanced to overhear your plans for a common grave for the knights of each side and Chantries to pray for their souls.
There is no doubt that Dudley embraced such doctrines, not only to gain favour with his young master, but also as a means of feathering his nest, for the radicals were demanding the closure of chantries and shrines, and there were rich pickings to be had.
Meanwhile, numerous chantries were being closed and their wealth appropriated by Northumberland and his supporters.
English was to be used instead of Latin in church services, the veneration of images and relics was to cease, restrictions on preaching and private reading of the Scriptures were to be eased, chantries were to be abolished and sold, and schools endowed with the proceeds - some King Edward VI grammar schools still exist today.
One of them had taken a drink, waved a bottle, and staggered, but when Borden Chantry had come to arrest him the man suddenly dropped his bottle and two other men stepped from ambush, and his father had gone down in a wicked crossfire.
He had been quick to recognize the profit to be had if Tom Chantry could go west, buy cattle on the plains, and ship them east, and Tom had come west with his blessing.
Tom Chantry had immediately left for Las Vegas, sending a message ahead to make the appointment with the prospective sellers.
However, I thought that the son of Borden Chantry and I might strike a bargain.
Tom Chantry stood before the mirror and combed his dark hair, then he straightened his tie and shrugged his coat into a neater set on his shoulders.
The western saloon, Tom Chantry knew, was more than merely a drinking room.
He was sitting back in his chair, staring up at Chantry, cool and calculating, almost insolent.
The man was hard as nails and dangerous as a rattler, but he was a man of fierce pride, and Chantry knew he had touched it when he called him a man of his word.
Tom Chantry was no fool, and he knew that French Williams would make it very rough.
Tom Chantry considered the gamble he had taken and admitted, reluctantly, that he had been foolish.
Tom Chantry decided he knew what to expect, and he was prepared for it.