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11/4/2013, 11:57 PM babycrookston
11/2/2013, 4:26 PM babycrookston

Name Chantry
Type Surname (from occupation)
Usage English
Other Forms FormsChantrey
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

Means "singer in a chantry chapel" or "one who lives by a chantry chapel". A chantry was a type of chapel, one endowed for the singing of Masses for the soul of the founder (from Old French chanterie, from chanter "to sing").
Added 11/2/2013 by babycrookston