Associations to the word «Chantry»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

CHANTRY, noun. An endowment for the singing of Masses.
CHANTRY, noun. A chapel endowed for singing Masses for the soul of the donor.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats