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precentor

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The person who leads songs or prayers in a cathedral, church, monastery, or synagogue…The person who leads songs or prayers in a cathedral, church, monastery, or synagogue and generally facilitates worship.

/prɪˈsɛn.tə(ɹ)/

Значение

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The person who leads songs or prayers in a cathedral, church, monastery, or synagogue and generally facilitates worship.

Ещё определения

the musical director of a choir

Происхождение

From French précenteur, from Latin praecentor, from praecentus (“sung before”), from praec

From French précenteur, from Latin praecentor, from praecentus (“sung before”), from praecinō (“to sing before”) + -or (“agent suffix”), from prae- + canĕre (“to sing”).

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