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chantry

[chan-tree, chahn-] / ˈtʃæn tri, ˈtʃɑn- /
NOUN
altar
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At the lectern during rehearsals he turned the pages of the missal, a book of music notes large enough for all the Brothers to see as they stood in the chantry.

From Literature

The east end is an exhibition hall of shrines and chantries.

From The Guardian

The reference appears in the inquest into the inheritance after the death of Sir Andrew Gray, a chantry chaplain in Aberdeen's parish church of St Nicholas.

From BBC

He sat in his office, a chantry to many of the things that games mean today.

From The New Yorker

“Gareth’s blood,” said Mordred, “is not to be paid for by chantries, we think—however much it might pleasure the Bishop of Rochester.”

From Literature