precentor

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precentor /prɪˈsɛntə/

▶noun

• 1 a person who leads a congregation in its singing or (in a synagogue) prayers.

• 2 a canon responsible for choral services in a cathedral.

– derivatives
precent verb,
precentorship noun.

– origin C17: from Fr. précenteur or L. praecentor, from praecent-, praecinere ‘sing before’.