Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
chantry .
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Examples
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He among other his beneficiall déeds beautified the church of Durham for euer with a chanterie of two chapleines.
Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV Raphael Holinshed
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He died the eight and twentith of Nouember in the yeare of our redemption 1437, and was buried in the church of Durham in the chanterie which he had before erected.
Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV Raphael Holinshed
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(M.E. chaunterie; O.Fr. chanterie, Fr. chanter, to sing; M.Lat. cantaria, cantuaria whence cantarie, cantuarie).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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_And ran unto London, into Seint Paules To seken him a chanterie for Soules_ "--- with Wilkins '" Concilia, "vol. iii.
The Coming of the Friars Augustus Jessopp 1868
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