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Precentor

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A cleric who directs the choral services of a church or cathedral.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The person who is the song and/or prayer leader in a cathedral, church, monastery, or synagogue and generally facilitates worship.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The leader of the choir in a cathedral; -- called also the chanter or master of the choir.

n. The leader of the congregational singing in Scottish and other churches.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A leader or director of a church choir or congregation in singing.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the musical director of a choir

Word Usage

"Russian prince to that of a simple singer, a considerable drop; but the precentor was a musician, and he asserted that the voice was of the finest quality, and trained to perfection."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

musician

Variant

chanter

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

archdeacon exciseman balladeer organist choirmaster