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noun
An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A chapel set up for this purpose.
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noun
a chapel endowed for singing Masses for the soul of the donor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: chapel
noun
an endowment for the singing of Masses
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Broader terms: endowment, endowment fund
History
From Middle English chaunterie, from Old French chanterie, from chanter (“to sing”).
Across languages
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