precentor
/prɪˈsɛn.tə(ɹ)/
precentor noun: the person who leads songs or prayers in a cathedral, church, monastery, or synagogue and generally facilitates worship.
Noun
precentor (plural precentors)
precentor meaning in Tamil and Bengali
precentor in Tamil
- இசைக்குழுத் தலைவர்
precentor in Bengali
- ক্যাথেড্রাল, গির্জা
Forms of precentor
| plural | precentors |
|---|---|
| alternative form | præcentor |
| alternative form | precentour |
Origin of precentor
From French précenteur, from Latin praecentor, from praecentus (“sung before”), from praecinō (“to sing before”) + -or (“agent suffix”), from prae- + canĕre (“to sing”).
Words formed from precentor
Words that rhyme with precentor
- center
- enter
- tormentor
- concentre
- presenter
- renter
- stentor
- venter
- accentor
- cementer
- decentre
- preventer
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- reenter
- tenter
- assenter
- fermenter
- hypocentre
- indenter
- off-centre
- Valley Center
- absenter
- assentor
- augmenter
- augmentor
- barycentre
- centre
- coinventor
- concenter
- consenter
- correction center
- correction centre
- decenter
- dementor
- dissenter
- entre
- fermentor
- fomenter
- incenter
- incentre
- indentor
- innoventor
- inventer
- inventor
- inventour
- lamenter
- mentor
- metacentre
- misenter
- off-center
- orthocenter
- orthocentre
- re-enter
- re-entre
- reentre
- repenter
- representer
- salipenter
- Siberian accentor
- tormenter
Questions about precentor
- What does precentor mean?
- Precentor means the person who leads songs or prayers in a cathedral, church, monastery, or synagogue and generally facilitates worship.
- What is precentor in Tamil?
- Precentor in Tamil is இசைக்குழுத் தலைவர். See Precentor meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is precentor?
- Precentor is a noun.
- How do you pronounce precentor?
- Precentor is pronounced /prɪˈsɛn.tə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of precentor?
- The plural of precentor is precentors.
Words near precentor in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: precentor (page history and authors); precentor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); precentor (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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