precentorship

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noun

The role or office of a precentor.

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Meanings

nounprecentorship (countable and uncountable, plural precentorships)

plural precentorships

  1. countableuncountableThe 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

Origin

From precentor + -ship.

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APA

precentorship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precentorship

MLA

“precentorship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precentorship. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “precentorship,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precentorship.

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