| 单词 | chantry priest |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschantry priest chantry priest n. now historical a priest endowed to say masses in a chantry.Chantry priests typically had various other duties, such as schoolmaster, librarian, or chaplain to a hospital or prison. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > chantry-priest chaplain1393 chantry priest1429 chanter1483 chanterist1548 cantarist1800 1429 Will in Trans. Essex Archæol. Soc. (1895) 5 301 (MED) I wol that Sr Johu Middleton, which is chauntry preest in the cherche of Colmoord, haue..xl s. yerely of my cofres duryng his lif. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie sig. Diiv I woulde not that ye should do wyth chauntrye priestes, as ye dyd wyth the Abbotes. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iv. 253 The ensuing Reformation swept away the Masses and Chantery Priests founded to pray for His [sc. Henry VIII's] soul. 1734 Def. Eng. Hist. 55 One Thing is to be remember'd of the Chantry Priests; that their Employment was not only to sing for the Souls of their Founders; but they were oblig'd to assist in the Cure of the Parish. 1842 F. E. Paget Milford Malvoisin iv. 90 This porch..contained a small chamber,..which was supposed to have been the sleeping apartment of the chantry-priest. 1907 F. W. Maitland in Cambr. Mod. Hist. II. 468 Education..suffered very severely..from the confiscation of chantries which began at the end of the reign [of Henry VIII], for the chantry priest was often the local schoolmaster. 2003 J. Clegg Medieval Church in MSS 44 Chantry priests also testify to the importance of religion for the individual, since many people left considerable sums in their wills in order to employ them. < as lemmas |
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