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Meanings of precentor in English

Portuguese
cantor
Catalan
xantre
Spanish
maestro de coro

The musical director of a choir.

cantor
Usage of precentor in English
1
The stipend of the precentor of Barchester was eighty pounds a year.
The Warden
2
John Nitschmann, as precentor, started the hymn; the procession to the Hutberg began.
A History of the Moravian Church
3
I think it was the music, or the painted windows, or the precentor.
The Green Carnation
4
Tell the bishop and the precentor that you are needed elsewhere.
Bertram Cope's Year
5
And the old precentor hurried on to join the choir invisible.
St. Cuthbert's
6
At a short distance behind the musicians, came the precentor with his choristers.
Garman and Worse: A Norwegian Novel
7
The precentor failed to inspire them with his fury of song.
The Prince of India; Or, Why Constantinople Fell — Volume 01
8
The men, now thoroughly cowed, dragged down the pulpit and the precentor's pew.
The Northern Iron
9
For some months past, my old precentor had been failing fast.
St. Cuthbert's
10
The most uncanny thing about the kirk was the precentor's box beneath the pulpit.
Auld Licht Idyls
11
He, as well as Apollo, was precentor of the Muses and source of inspiration.
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Fr...
12
Three Auld Licht ministers I have known, but I can only conceive one precentor.
Auld Licht Idyls
13
The old precentor's box beneath the pulpit was still St. Cuthbert's only choir loft.
St. Cuthbert's
14
At one of the country kirks the congregation was reduced to the minister and precentor.
The Long White Cloud: "Ao Tea Roa"
15
The stipend of the precentor was £80 a year.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction
16
The precentor remarked on the friendliness of the visit.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction
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cantor
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