Definitions for succentor

succentor suc·cen·tor

Spelling: [suh k-sen-ter]
IPA: /səkˈsɛn tər/

Succentor is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 508 anagrams from letters in succentor (ccenorstu).

Definitions for succentor

noun

  1. a precentor's deputy.

Origin of succentor

1600-10; Late Latin, equivalent to Latin suc- suc- + -cen-, combining form of canere to sing + -tor -tor

Examples for succentor

succentor, suk-sen′tor, n. a subcantor: the bass soloist in a choir.

The care of the presses is to be entrusted to the Precentor and his subordinate, called the succentor.

The succentor, or sub-cantor, was the cantors assistant in everything.

He was assisted by a succentor, who sat on the left side of the choir, and led that half of the choir in service.

The Precentor, with the assistance of his deputy, the succentor, directed the music of the cathedral.

Word Value for succentor
Scrable

0

Words with friends

0

Word of the day