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precentour

precentour is the rare spelling of precentor.

Meaning of precentor

Noun

precentor (plural precentors)

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

Forms of precentour

pluralprecentours

Questions about precentour

What is precentour the rare spelling of?
Precentour is the rare spelling of precentor.

Words near precentour in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: precentour (page history and authors); precentor (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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