succentor

American  

[suhk-sen-ter] / səkˈsɛn tər /

noun

Ecclesiastical.

1. a precentor's deputy.

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succentor British  

/ səkˈsɛntə /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• succentorship noun

Etymology

Origin of succentor

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

Example Sentences

Lichfield Cathedral.—Day school taught by a deputy lay clerk, the succentor taking Latin, English, and Divinity.

From The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. by Curwen, John Spencer

One of the vicars-choral officiates as organist, and three of the minor canons hold the appointments of sub-dean, librarian, and succentor, or under-precentor.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

In 1642 he was made succentor of Salisbury cathedral, and in 1643 he was chosen junior proctor of the university.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various