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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 "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

One Friday toward the end of September the monks of the choir stood practicing in the chantry.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

At the school which the chantry priest was required to teach, he was entitled to charge “scolers lerning gramer, 8d. the quarter, and of others lerning to rede, 4d. the quarter.”

From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Parry, Albert William

Westminster Abbey has such a chamber over the chantry of King Henry VI., and Worcester Cathedral has one in the north aisle; and there are several other instances.

From Ecclesiastical Curiosities by Various

The date of the foundation of the chantry in which he lies is said to be 1329, and the mouldings and windows appear to testify its correctness. ב.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 110, December 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various




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