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

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

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