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precenting

precenting is the present participle and gerund of precent.

Meaning of precent

Verb

precent (third-person singular simple present precents, present participle precenting, simple past and past participle precented)

  1. (intransitive) To act as precentor, leading songs or prayers in a place of worship.

Questions about precenting

What is precenting the present participle and gerund of?
Precenting is the present participle and gerund of precent.

Words near precenting in the dictionary

  1. precensors
  2. precensorship
  3. precensus
  4. precent
  5. precented
  6. precenting
  7. precentor
  8. precentorial
  9. precentors
  10. precentorship
  11. precentorships

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Adapted from Wiktionary: precenting (page history and authors); precent (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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