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May 25, 2012
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chan•try



Pronunciation: (chan'trē, chän'-), [key]
—n.,
—pl. -tries. Eccles.
1. an endowment for the singing or saying of Mass for the souls of the founders or of persons named by them.
2. a chapel or the like so endowed.
3. the priests of a chantry endowment.
4. a chapel attached to a church, used for minor services.

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