different between cantoris vs decani

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cant?ris (“of the cantor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kæn?t????s/

Adjective

cantoris (not comparable)

1. (church architecture) 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

(Can we find and add a quotation of Shipley to this entry?)

Anagrams

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

Latin

Noun

cant?ris

1. genitive singular of cantor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dec?n? (“of the dean”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??ke?na?/

Adjective

decani (not comparable)

1. (church architecture) Of the side of the chancel, apse, altar or choir on which the dean's stall is placed (the right hand side to a person facing the altar); decanal.
   • 1934, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Nine Tailors

     You want a few more daffs on the decani side […]

   • 1988, Gordon Paine, Howard Swan, Five Centuries of Choral Music: Essays in Honor of Howard Swan (page 105)

     All the extant voices participate fully in the decani-cantoris split at that point, so one is tempted to assume that the tenors split into decani and cantoris parts as well.

Antonyms

• cantoris

Anagrams

• Caiden, caenid, candie, cnidae

Italian

Noun

decani m

1. plural of decano

Anagrams

• ancide
• canide
• decina
• inceda

Latin

Noun

dec?n?

1. nominative plural of dec?nus
2. genitive singular of dec?nus
3. vocative plural of dec?nus