schola cantorum

[skoh-luh kan-tawr-uhm, -tohr-]

noun

plural

scholae cantorum 

1. an ecclesiastical choir or choir school.

2. a section of a church, cathedral, or the like, for use by the choir.

schola cantorum

/ ˈskəʊlə kænˈtɔːrəm /

noun

1. a choir or choir school maintained by a church

Word History and Origins

Origin of schola cantorum¹

First recorded in 1775–85, schola cantorum is from Medieval Latin schola cantōrum “school of singers”

Word History and Origins

Origin of schola cantorum¹

Medieval Latin: school of singers

Example Sentences

Ecclesiastical tradition further ascribes to Gregory the compilation of an Antiphonary, the revision and rearrangement of the system of church music, and the foundation of the Roman schola cantorum.

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The prothesis and diakonikon are square, and a long schola cantorum forms a continuation to the presbytery westward, though it is less in width.

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