A chapel endowed for singing Masses for the soul of the donor WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A chantry is an ecclesiastical term that may have either of two related meanings: a chantry service, a Christian liturgy of prayers for the dead, which historically was an obiit, or a chantry chapel, a building on private land, or an area in a parish church or cathedral reserved for the performance of the "chantry duties". Wikipedia

Monetary trust fund established by pre-Reformation English churches. Wikipedia Disambiguation

endowed chapel where priests can say mass for the dead Wikidata

An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people. Wiktionary