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PRECENTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does precentor mean? 

PRECENTOR (noun)
  The noun PRECENTOR has 1 sense:

1. the musical director of a choirplay

  Familiarity information: PRECENTOR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRECENTOR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The musical director of a choir

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

cantor; choirmaster; precentor

Hypernyms ("precentor" is a kind of...):

musician (artist who composes or conducts music as a profession)

Derivation:

precentorship (the position of precentor)


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