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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
Descendants
- English: chantry
References
- “chaunterīe, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-12-09.