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The Requiem chapel (called chantry chapel) played a special role in English medieval architecture. During their lifetime the faithful paid for masses that were to be read out (and sung) at a particular altar in a particular church after their death, preferably in perpetuity. The word chantry is derived from the Latin term for such requiem masses, 'cantaria'.
The photo shows the retrochoir looking northwest in Winchester Cathedral with several chantry chapels.
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