An endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers, commonly for the founder.

A chapel or altar so endowed.

A mini-chapel originally intended as a place where prayers would be said for the soul of the rich person who had paid for it.

a mass for the dead, believed to hasten the passage of the soul through Purgatory

an endowment for the singing of Masses

a chapel endowed for singing Masses for the soul of the donor

an endowment for singing or saying mass for that person's soul or a designated person

an endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers for particular persons or intentions

a place where prayers are said for the souls of the departed

Chapel for the chanting or singing of religious music

Chapel (of a Priest)

Chantry is a term for the English establishment of a shrine or chapel on private land where monks or priests would chant masses. The same term is also used for the endowment itself, as well as for the monks or priests so endowed.