chantry
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One Friday toward the end of September the monks of the choir stood practicing in the chantry.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
At the lectern during rehearsals he turned the pages of the missal, a book of music notes large enough for all the Brothers to see as they stood in the chantry.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
He was afterwards rector of Abbreochy, Loch Ness, and later held a chantry in the cathedral of Norway.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
This beautiful chantry, which is partly underground, has been used since as a sepulchre for the dead, a prison cell for the living,21 a receptacle for human bones, a coal cellar and heating chamber.
From Ecclesiastical Curiosities by Various
At the school which the chantry priest was required to teach, he was entitled to charge “scolers lerning gramer, 8d. the quarter, and of others lerning to rede, 4d. the quarter.”
From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Albert William Parry
“Gareth’s blood,” said Mordred, “is not to be paid for by chantries, we think—however much it might pleasure the Bishop of Rochester.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
For our present purpose, the significant fact is, that in certain communities some of the inhabitants founded chantries with the provision of facilities for education as the expressed object.
From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Albert William Parry
As chantry priests played an important part in connection with the provision of educational facilities in England, the topic of chantries calls for careful consideration.
From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Albert William Parry
Our task is now that of attempting to interpret the reasons why the chantries were founded.
From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Albert William Parry
The earliest instances of chantries definitely recognised as such, date from the latter part of the thirteenth century.
From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Albert William Parry
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