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Definition of Precentors
1. precentor [n] - See also: precentor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Precentors
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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