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Definition of: chantry
(chan′trē, chän′-) noun plural ·tries
1. A chapel in or attached to a church or monastery, endowed for maintaining daily masses for the soul of the founder or of others nominated by him (the chapel usually containing the tomb of the founder).
2. Formerly, the endowment itself.
3. A chapel for subsidiary church services. [<OF chanterie <chanter. See CHANT.]
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