an endowment for a priest or priests to celebrate masses for the founder's soul (供牧师为创建人灵魂主持弥撒用的)捐赠 ■a chapel, altar, or other part of a church endowed for such a purpose (为牧师替创建人灵魂主持弥撒而捐建的)小教堂(或圣坛等)
语源
late Middle English: from Old French chanterie, from chanter 'to sing'