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schola cantorum

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

noun

, plural scho·lae can·to·rum [skoh, -lee kan-, tawr, -, uh, m, -, tohr, -].
  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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of schola cantorum1

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

Origin of schola cantorum1

Medieval Latin: school of singers
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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.

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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