Chantry is the English term for the establishment of an institutional chapel on private land or within a greater church, where a priest would celebrate Mass. The same term is also used for the endowment itself. The word derives from the Latin cantaria, meaning 'licence to sing mass'. The French term for this commemorative institution is a chapellenie. Mass for the Dead The practice of saying masses for the good of the soul of a deceased person is attested as early as the eighth century. The m… (More on Chantry)