schola cantorum

1. 1.

   a school that is part of a cathedral or monastery where boys with singing ability can receive a general education

   Synonymschoir school

   Broaderpreparatory school

Questions about schola cantorum

What does schola cantorum mean?

schola cantorum means "a school that is part of a cathedral or monastery where boys with singing ability can receive a general education".

What is another word for schola cantorum?

Close synonyms include choir school. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is schola cantorum a common word?

schola cantorum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.