The section of a church or cathedral choir conventionally placed on the north side and taking the second or lower part in antiphonal singing.
教堂唱诗班北侧（应答轮唱中的）第二声部（或低声部）。DECANI 的反义词
The opposite of decani
Example sentencesExamples
The cathedral precentor sits opposite the dean - whence the name for the two sides of the choir: decani and cantoris (‘of the singer’, i.e. the precentor).
In the RCM parts, the verse section occupying bars 60-88 of the anthem is allocated throughout, more or less strictly in canon at the octave, to soloists singing from the medius cantoris and tenor decani part books.
The post-Reformation choir was usually split into two antiphonal groups: cantoris on the precentor's side and decani opposite on the dean's side.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from Latin, literally 'of the cantor' (see cantor).