precentor
Meanings
noun
- The person who leads songs or prayers in a cathedral, church, monastery, or synagogue and generally facilitates worship.
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Etymology
From French précenteur, from Latin praecentor, from praecentus (“sung before”), from praecinō (“to sing before”) + -or (“agent suffix”), from prae- + canĕre (“to sing”).
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