(in antiphonal music) to be sung by the cantorial side of a choir
Compare decani
Word origin
Latin: genitive of cantor precentor
cantoris in American English
(kænˈtɔrɪs, -ˈtour-)
adjective
of or pertaining to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani)
Also: cantorial
Word origin
[1635–45; ‹ L, gen. of cantorcantor]This word is first recorded in the period 1635–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: abutment, adjustment, federal, naturalism, sympathetic