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precentorship

precentorship noun: the role or office of a precentor.

Noun

precentorship (countable and uncountable, plural precentorships)

  1. The role or office of a precentor.
    • It was the general opinion that though scholars and prominent men were present, only men familiar with the prayers and qualified for precentorship should be invited to officiate.1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 105

Forms of precentorship

pluralprecentorships

Origin of precentorship

From precentor + -ship.

Questions about precentorship

What does precentorship mean?
Precentorship means the role or office of a precentor.
What part of speech is precentorship?
Precentorship is a noun.
What is the plural of precentorship?
The plural of precentorship is precentorships.

Words near precentorship in the dictionary

  1. precented
  2. precenting
  3. precentor
  4. precentorial
  5. precentors
  6. precentorship
  7. precentorships
  8. precentour
  9. precentours
  10. precentral
  11. precentrally

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