Etymology

cantoris

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Today it means: 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); Full definition →

Latin cantōris
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromcantōris“of the cantor”
  2. English todaycantoris

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

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