precentor

• The music of a cathedral is always in the hands of the precentor, assisted by the organist. —  Charles Dickens and Music
• [174] It has very fine farms which yield well Footnote 171: Say three cents Footnote 172: Parish clerk, precentor, and (usually) schoolmaster. —  Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680
• [19] Enough of moralising, however; or else, convinced of the futility of attempting to assign originality to any man, you will come to agree with the young lady of fifteen who, priding herself on the possession of a literary flair_, once remarked to the writer: 'In fact there is little doubt that Junius never wrote the letters attributed to him at all FOOTNOTES 14] Usually the precentor was also archivist and librarian 15] In one monastery, however, they were allowed to speak 'passing soft.' —  The Book-Hunter at Home
• And clerks, porters One organist, eight choristers auditors, and a coroner One precentor And such constitution, with but few changes, has held down to this day, the prebendaries have become resident canons, and the precentor is also a minor canon Thomas Thirley# (1550-54) owed his preferment to Norwich from Westminster to Edward VI. —  Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Norwich A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See
• In 1499 he was made precentor, and held that office till his death. —  Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See

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