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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
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
WordNet
n. an endowment for the singing of Masses
a chapel endowed for singing Masses for the soul of the donor
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 number of masses for the benefit of the soul of a specified deceased person, usually the donor who had established the chantry in his will, during a stipulated period of time immediately following his death. It was believed such masses would speed the deceased's soul through its undesirable and indeterminate period in Purgatory onwards to eternal rest in Heaven. Clearly once the soul had reached Heaven the ideal state for the Christian human soul had been attained, and the saying of masses would serve no further function. Thus the concept of Purgatory was central to the perceived need for chantries. Chantries were commonly established in England and were endowed with lands, rents from specified properties and other assets by the donor, usually in his will. The income from these assets maintained the chantry priest.
A chantry chapel is a building on private land or a dedicated area or altar within a parish church or cathedral, set aside or built especially for the performance of the chantry duties by the priest. A chantry may occupy for premises a single altar, for example in the side aisle of a church, rather than an enclosed chapel within a larger church, generally dedicated to the donor's favourite saint. Many such chantry altars became richly endowed, often with gold furnishings and valuable vestments. Over the centuries chantries increased their wealth, often by attracting new donors, and chantry priests, or those feoffees who employed them, were in many cases able to enjoy great wealth. In some instances this led to corruption of the consecrated life expected of clerics. It also led in general to an accumulation of great wealth and power by the Church, beyond the feudal control of the Crown. This evident corruption was one of the factors utilized by King Henry VIII to order the Dissolution of the Monasteries in England. At that time, chantries were abolished and their assets were sold or granted to persons at the discretion of King Henry VIII and his son King Edward VI, via the Court of Augmentations. Many Tudor period businessmen, such as Thomas Bell (1486-1566) of Gloucester, thus acquired chantries as financial investments producing income streams derived from rents, or "unbundled" the assets and sold them piecemeal at a profit.
A chantry is a monetary trust fund established by pre-Reformation English churches.
Chantry may also refer to:
- Chantry Island (disambiguation)
- Chantry, Somerset, a hamlet in Somerset, United Kingdom
- Chantry, Suffolk, an area of Ipswich
- Art Chantry (born 1954), American graphic designer
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.