Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to singing or to singers. Dr. S. Miller.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Containing cant or affectation; whining; singing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective rare Of, pertaining to, or containing
cant - adjective rare Of or pertaining to
singing orsingers
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Examples
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The word "cantatory" explains itself as a volume containing chants; it was also called "Graduale", because the chanter stood on a step (gradus) of the ambo, or pulpit, while singing the response after the Epistle.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Not so with poets, orators, and other human professors of the high-flying and cantatory arts.
Days Off And Other Digressions Henry Van Dyke 1892
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African, and something of African feeling is observable in their impressive but in cantatory manner of ringing.
Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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