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Definition of Cantorial
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cantorial
Literary usage of Cantorial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1838)
"The struthious birds, likewise, are analogously obliged to jerk the head, as
stated of the godwits. *Nuttall. fl believe there is no cantorial bird which ..."
2. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1889)
"Sir Richard Owen called it the " cantorial sternum,"1 but this is hardly the
proper appellation to apply to it, because the pattern is almost identically ..."
3. Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1883)
"... electoral disabilities of citizens in arrear with their taxes, and, lastly,
reduction from seven to five of the members of the cantorial government. ..."
4. The Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds: Comprising Original Anecdotes of Many by James Northcote (1819)
"... the other noblemen and gentlemen on the cantorial side. The Bishop of London
was in his proper place, as were the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs. ..."
5. The History of the World: Comprising a General History, Both Ancient and by Samuel Maunder (1852)
"... ment rendered necessary. cantorial system, but granting freedom to the former
subjects oí ti* cantons. The cantons were now nineteen in number:—Aargau, ..."
6. The Literary Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds ...: Containing His Discourses by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone, Joseph Farington (1819)
"... and the other noblemen and gentlemen on the cantorial side. The Bishop of
London was in his proper place, as were the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs. ..."
7. The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knight ... Containing His Discourses by Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone, Thomas Gray (1798)
"... the other Noblemen and Gentlemen on the cantorial side, The Bishop of London
was in his proper place, as were the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs. ..."
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