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chantry

noun

  1. endowed chapel where priests can say mass for the dead
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From Middle English chaunterie, from Old French chanterie, from chanter (“to sing”).

  1. An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people.
  2. A chapel set up for this purpose.