chantry
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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 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
In 1478 Thomas Whinfell, one of the chantry priests, was bound “to keep yearly a sufficient Grammar School, taking of the scholars of the said school scolagia et custumaria secundum antiquam consuetudinem scoloe prædictæ.”
From Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Daniel Scott
In the return for the chantry at Norton are given the names of 8 men, among whom the proceeds of the chantry are shared, so as to enable them “to studye at the universite.”
From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Albert William Parry
This beautiful chantry, which is partly underground, has been used since as a sepulchre for the dead, a prison cell for the living,21 a receptacle for human bones, a coal cellar and heating chamber.
From Ecclesiastical Curiosities by Various
“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 "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
After the dissolution of monasteries by Henry VIII., and the suppression of chantries by Edward VI., many of these buildings shared the fate of the conventual churches to which they were attached.
From Ecclesiastical Curiosities by Various
A single church had often several chantries attached to it.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
A most important and noteworthy feature of some chantries is, that in certain parishes they were founded by the inhabitants themselves, for the express purpose of providing educational facilities.
From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Albert William Parry
The fifteenth century is specially marked by the growing popularity of chantries and side chapels.
From Ecclesiastical Curiosities by Various
