cantoris

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kænˈtɔːɹɪs/

Adjective

cantoris (not comparable)

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

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cantoris in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

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

Latin

Noun

cantōris

genitive singular of cantor

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