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scholae cantorum

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scho⋅la can⋅to⋅rum

[skoh-luh kan-tawr-uhm, -tohr-]
–noun, plural scho⋅lae can⋅to⋅rum [skoh-lee kan-tawr-uhm, -tohr-] .
1. an ecclesiastical choir or choir school.
2. a section of a church, cathedral, or the like, for use by the choir.

Origin:
1775–85; < ML schola cantōrum school of singers
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