the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Containing cant or affectation; whining; singing.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Of or pertaining to singing or to singers. Dr. S. Miller.
Word Usage
"The word "cantatory" explains itself as a volume containing chants; it was also called "Graduale", because the chanter stood on a step (gradus) of the ambo, or pulpit, while singing the response after the Epistle."