succentor
/suhk-sen-ter/US // səkˈsɛn tər //UK // (səkˈsɛntə) //
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Ecclesiastical.
- : a precentor's deputy.
Examples
Succentor, suk-sen′tor, n. a subcantor: the bass soloist in a choir.
The care of the presses is to be entrusted to the Precentor and his subordinate, called the Succentor.
In 1642 he was made succentor of Salisbury cathedral, and in 1643 he was chosen junior proctor of the university.
The succentor, or sub-cantor, was the cantors assistant in everything.
He was assisted by a Succentor, who sat on the left side of the choir, and led that half of the choir in service.
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