chantry
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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
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
Their worldly possessions at no one time reached a figure high enough for them to provide a large endowment for church or chantry, but the thankofferings of the years sufficed for all current expenses.
From The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury by Hibbert, Francis Aiden
The chantry certificate of the city of Worcester further supports the contention that the municipal authority provided a school.
From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Parry, Albert William
To make my lady's obsequies, My love a minster wrought, And in the chantry, service there Was sung by doleful thought.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
“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
In their turn, the collegiate churches of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries were chantries on a large scale.
From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Parry, Albert William
At the dissolution of monasteries, the Company paid £1,402 6s. for their chantries and obits.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
It is to the returns that were made to these commissioners that we are mainly indebted for a knowledge of the objects and purposes for which the chantries were provided.
From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Parry, Albert William
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 Parry, Albert William
