chaunterie

Middle English

Alternative forms

chantre, chantry, chauntery, chauntre, chauntrie, chauntry, chauntrye, chauntuarye, chawnterye

Etymology

From Old French chaunterie; equivalent to chaunten +‎ -erie.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa(u̯)nt(ə)ˈriː(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃa(u̯)nt(ə)riː(ə)/

Noun

chaunterie

An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people
A chantry (chapel set up for the above endowment)
(rare) The chanting which occurs during Mass.
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Descendants

English: chantry

References

“chaunterīe, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-12-09.

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