cantorial

[ kan-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr- ]

adjective
  1. of or relating to a cantor.

Origin of cantorial

1
First recorded in 1785–95; cantor + -ial

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British Dictionary definitions for cantorial

cantorial

/ (kænˈtɔːrɪəl) /


adjective
  1. of or relating to a precentor

  2. (of part of a choir) on the same side of a cathedral, etc, as the precentor; on the N side of the choir: Compare decanal

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