Definition of Precentors

1. Noun. (plural of precentor) ¹

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Definition of Precentors

1. precentor [n] - See also: precentor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Precentors

precellency
precellent
precelling
precells
precellular
precels
precensor
precensored
precensoring
precensors
precent
precented
precenting
precentor
precentorial
precentors (current term)
precentorship
precentorships
precentour
precentral
precentral gyrus
precentrix
precents
precepit
precepits
precept
precepted
preceptial
precepting
preception

Literary usage of Precentors

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or A Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical by John Le Neve, Thomas Duffus Hardy (1854)
"precentors. JOHN GREGGE held the office in 1504. THOMAS IRELAND in 1508. JOHN ROBINS in 1534. THO. BULKELEY in 1548. Ob. 1570. ..."

2. Scottish Reminiscences by Sir Archibald Geikie (1904)
"precentors and organs. Small congregations in the Highlands. Parish visitation. Survival of the influence of clerical teaching. Religious mania. ..."

3. Old Church Life in Scotland: Lectures on Kirk-session and Presbytery Records by Andrew Edgar (1885)
"Readers—The Reader's Preliminary Service—Reading the Word—The Reader's Salary—precentors—Music and Organs in Church—Amount of Psalm Singing —Mode of ..."

4. Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross: Taken from by William Maziere Brady (1864)
"... —precentors. 1252. M. is the signature of the Precentor to a deed. [Caulfield's Pipe Boll, p. 54. ..."

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