cantoris

English

Alternative forms

• Can. (music)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cantōris (“of the cantor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kænˈtɔːɹɪs/

Adjective

cantoris (not comparable)

1. (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

1. (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.

2. (music) That half of the choir singing cantoris parts, collectively.

Antonyms

• decani

Anagrams

• C-rations, Cortinas, Crisanto, Nicastro, Nicotras, anticors, carotins, cast iron, cast-iron, castiron, castorin, conistra, cortinas, nicators, tricosan-

Latin

Noun

cantōris

1. genitive singular of cantor