A chantry is a small church, or a side room inside a bigger church, that a rich person paid for in the Middle Ages.

in the Middle Ages在中世紀 a rich person paid for有錢人出錢蓋的 a small church一座小教堂，or a side room inside a bigger church或大教堂裡的一個側間，a chantry就叫做chantry

The deal was simple and a little uneasy: after they died, priests would keep praying for their soul there — often by singing those prayers — in the hope that God would treat them kindly. The building and the money set aside to keep the priests praying were both called a chantry.

The deal這筆交易 was simple and a little uneasy很簡單，卻也有點不安：after they died他們死後，priests would keep praying for their soul there神父會在那裡持續為他們的靈魂祈禱——often by singing those prayers常常是用唱的方式——in the hope that God would treat them kindly希望上帝能善待他們。The building這座建築，and the money set aside to keep the priests praying還有留給神父持續祈禱用的錢，were both called兩者都叫做 a chantrychantry。

You meet the word in history books and in old English churches, not in daily talk. It is a Christian, European, mostly medieval idea. It is not a Taiwanese 功德堂, though the wish is not so far away: please do not forget me; please keep speaking for me when I am gone.

in history books and in old English churches在歷史書和英國的老教堂裡 You meet the word你會遇到這個詞，not in daily talk而不是在日常對話中。a Christian, European, mostly medieval idea一個基督教、歐洲、主要是中世紀的概念。It is not a Taiwanese 功德堂這不是台灣的功德堂，though the wish is not so far away不過背後的心願其實並不遠：please do not forget me請不要忘記我；please keep speaking for me when I am gone等我走了之後也請繼續為我說話

Though actually, the tidy picture (“one chapel, one dead lord”) was often messier — a chantry could be an altar, a side chapel, or a whole little church, and the priests might be paid to pray for a whole family, not one person.

Though actually不過其實，the tidy picture ("one chapel, one dead lord")「一座禮拜堂，一位過世的貴族」這種乾淨的畫面 was often messier常常比較亂——a chantry could be an altar, a side chapel, or a whole little churchchantry可以是一座祭壇、一間側禮拜堂，或整座小教堂，and the priests might be paid to pray for a whole family, not one person神父也可能是被請來為整個家族祈禱，而不是為一個人

In England many were later shut down, which is why school history still bothers with the word.

In England在英國，many were later shut down後來很多都被關閉了，which is why school history still bothers with the word這也是為什麼學校歷史課還會提到這個詞