succentor

[ suh k-sen-ter ]

/ səkˈsɛn tər /

noun Ecclesiastical.

a precentor's deputy.

Nearby words

succedaneum, succedent, succedent house, succeed, succeeding, succentor, success, success story, successful, succession, succession of crops

Origin of succentor

1600–10; < Late Latin, equivalent to Latin suc- suc- + -cen-, combining form of canere to sing + -tor -tor

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Examples from the Web for succentor

The succentor, or sub-cantor, was the cantors assistant in everything.
English Monastic Life|Abbot Gasquet
Succentor, suk-sen′tor, n. a subcantor: the bass soloist in a choir.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
The care of the presses is to be entrusted to the Precentor and his subordinate, called the Succentor.
The Care of Books|John Willis Clark
The Precentor, with the assistance of his deputy, the Succentor, directed the music of the cathedral.
Medival London|William Benham

He was assisted by a Succentor, who sat on the left side of the choir, and led that half of the choir in service.
Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages|Edward Lewes Cutts

British Dictionary definitions for succentor

succentor

/ (səkˈsɛntə) /

noun

the deputy of the precentor of a cathedral that has retained its statutes from pre-Reformation days

Derived Forms

succentorship, noun

Word Origin for succentor

C17: from Late Latin: one who accompanies singing, from succinere to accompany, from Latin canere to sing

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