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Cathedral vs Chantry - What's the difference?

cathedral | chantry |

As nouns the difference between cathedral and chantry

is that cathedral is a big church building, central place for some area while chantry is an endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people.

cathedral

English

(wikipedia cathedral)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A big church building, central place for some area.
  • The principal church of a bishop's diocese which contains an episcopal throne.

    • Derived terms

    * cathedral ceiling

    chantry

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia chantry) (chantries)
  • An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people
  • A chapel set up for this purpose

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