cantoris
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English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cantōris (“of the cantor”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
cantoris (not comparable)
- (church architecture) Of the side of the chancel, apse, altar or choir on which the cantor's (later precentor's) stall is placed (the left hand side to a person facing the altar);
- the cantoris side of a choir; a cantoris stall
- 1858, William St. George Patterson, Chants, services, anthems:
- one accompanyist, let us suppose him seated on the Cantoris side, facing the Decani Organ […]
Noun
cantoris
- (music) The lower of two choral voice parts sung when a part splits into two; traditionally sung by members of the choir on the cantoris side.
- 1988, Gordon Paine, Howard Swan, Five Centuries of Choral Music: Essays in Honor of Howard Swan, page 105:
- All the extant voices participate fully in the decani-cantoris split at that point, so one is tempted to assume that the tenors split into decani and cantoris parts as well.
- (music) That half of the choir singing cantoris parts, collectively.
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Anagrams
- C-rations, Cortinas, Crisanto, Nicastro, Nicotras, anticors, carotins, cast iron, cast-iron, castiron, castorin, conistra, cortinas, nicators, tricosan-
Latin
Noun
cantōris