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succentor

/suhk-sen-ter/US // səkˈsɛn tər //UK // (səkˈsɛntə) //

继承人,继承者

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.