Definition of Chantries. Meaning of Chantries. Synonyms of Chantries

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Definition of Chantries

Chantries
Chantry Chant"ry, n.; pl. Chantries. [OF. chanterie, fr. chanter to sing.] 1. An endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers, commonly for the founder. 2. A chapel or altar so endowed. --Cowell.

Meaning of Chantries from wikipedia

- greater church. If chantries were in religious communities, they were sometimes headed by a warden or archpriest. Such chantries generally had constitutions...
- A chantry is a monetary trust fund established by pre-Reformation English churches. Chantry may also refer to: Chantry, Devon, a location in England Chantry...
- The Chantry School is a mixed gender secondary school with academy status located in Martley, Worcestershire, England. The school has about 700 students...
- Chantry Park is a park located west of Ipswich town centre, in the Ipswich district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is the largest park in Ipswich...
- Chantry House can refer to many British buildings which were formerly ****ociated with a chantry, including: Chantry House, Bunbury, chantry house in Bunbury...
- treatment of the dying and the dead. In general chantries were largely found in England. The Abolition of Chantries Acts of 1545 and 1547 were an attempt to...
- Chantry Bridge, sometimes known as Wakefield Bridge, is a mediaeval bridge in the city of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, in England. In the early 14th...
- Milton Chantry is a former chantry chapel in Gravesend, Kent England. It houses the Chantry Heritage Centre, displaying a range of exhibits relating to...
- Chantry Island may refer to: Chantry Island, Hertfordshire, a small piece of land in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Canada Chantry Island Lightstation...
- monasteries by Henry VIII was followed in 1547 by the suppression of chantries by Edward VI and the building was deconsecrated. In 1552 a Royal Charter...