Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Eccles., of or belonging to the cantor or precentor: as, the cantoris side of the choir, the side on the left or north of one facing the altar: opposed to the decani side.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a cantor.
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- adjective Of or relating to a
cantor .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Note 63: Choral performances of the psalms alternated verses between a divided choir, one side called decani and the other cantoris.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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Bread had been placed conveniently for him in one of the windows, and he flew about watching me quietly, and eventually sang a loud solo from beside the organ -- _cantoris_, I think.
Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912
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The south side is called the {48} "decani side" and the north the "cantoris side," as being, in cathedrals, the respective sides of the dean and the cantor (or precentor).
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On the cantoris side the worn-out alto held an animated conversation with the cracked tenor.
The Nebuly Coat John Meade Falkner 1895
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The tenor on the cantoris side was taking holiday that day, and Mr
The Nebuly Coat John Meade Falkner 1895
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But the stranger did not appear to notice that a place was being shown him, and walked past the pew and up the little steps that led to the stalls on the cantoris side.
The Nebuly Coat John Meade Falkner 1895
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Petri cantoris Parifienfis tra6latus de difi: in6tionibu5.
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Qui cnim pe - dunt, fe tufllre fimulant, uc lateant. £t ali - ud proverbium: Tujfis hiefitationem cantoris arguit.
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