precentorship.html - v.
1 intr. act as a precentor.
2 tr. lead the singing of (a psalm etc.). [back-form. f. PRECENTOR]

precentorship.html - n.
1 a person who leads the singing or (in a synagogue) the prayers of a congregation.
2 a minor canon who administers the musical life of a cathedral.

precentorship n. [F pr

centeur or L praecentor f. praecinere (as PRAE-, canere sing)]

precentorship.html - v.tr.
1 a come or go before in time, order, importance, etc. (preceding generations; the preceding paragraph; sons of barons precede baronets). b walk etc. in front of (preceded by our guide).
2 (foll. by by) cause to be preceded (must precede this measure by milder ones). [OF preceder f. L praecedere (as PRAE-, cedere cess- go)]

precentorship.html - n.
(also precedency)
1 priority in time, order, or importance, etc.
2 the right of preceding others on formal occasions.

take precedence (often foll. by over, of) have priority (over).

precentorship.html - n. & adj.
--n.

a previous case or legal decision etc. taken as a guide for subsequent cases or as a justification.

--adj.

preceding in time, order, importance, etc.

precedently adv. [ME f. OF (n. & adj.) (as PRECEDE)]

precentorship.html - adj.
having or supported by a precedent.