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chantry

[ UK /t‍ʃˈɑːntɹi/ ]
NOUN
  1. an endowment for the singing of Masses
  2. a chapel endowed for singing Masses for the soul of the donor

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  • He made the astonishing gates and suite of door furniture for Edward IV's chantry at St George's Chapel, Windsor, between 1477 and 1484.
  • Chantry houses tend to resemble community hangouts , jam-session rooms or fraternity houses more than magical workplaces, and they're often inhabited by several Cultists and a handful of Sleepers.
  • There are within it two piscinae and two aumbries at different levels, indicating, no doubt, an alteration of level in the altar itself during the period that this chantry was in use. Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey A Description of the Fabric and Notes on the History of the Convent of Ss. Mary & Ethelfleda
  • At the same time, a chantry was established, served by five priests, who soon afterwards assumed full control of the church.
  • Well-endowed chantries were able to employ specific chantry priests, and to provide a chantry chapel, whether free standing or by screening off a section of a church aisle, where their duties could be performed.
  • The nearest public conveniences in Chantry Lane do not have any disabled facilities.
  • The Church has done this for centuries (think of chantry chapels, endowments, etc.) and we never bat an eyelash. Anglican Church of Canada is hawking the silverware « Anglican Samizdat
  • During the wanton demolition of the Beauchamp chantry, where, "in marble tumbes," with his father and mother on either hand, the remains of Bishop Beauchamp had been unmolested for over three hundred years, his own tomb was "mislaid" and never recovered. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum
  • The stained windows, which form an interesting collection of arms and legends, are in memory of Archbishop Musgrave, once Bishop of Hereford, to whom there is also another window by Warrington in the wall of the aisle above the chantry, which is only 11 feet in height. Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford, A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See
  • Even more important is the testimony of the fifteenth-century Warwick chantry priest John Rous, who died in 1491.
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