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Precentor
Precentor meaning
The person who leads songs or prayers in a cathedral, church, monastery, or synagogue and generally facilitates worship.
Synonyms of Precentor
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The Right Reverend Dr Jonathan Frost, Dean of York, said: “The team at York Minster is delighted to be welcoming Vicky as our new Canon Precentor.
The Reverend Canon Michael Hampel, precentor of St Paul’s, said: "The call to worship of bells is a sound that threads itself through the history of western Christianity and is part of the fabric of the British nation.
In the absence of the dean and precentor, the chancellor is president of the chapter, and within the cathedral is usually assigned the easternmost stall, on the dean's side of the choir.
Most cathedrals have at least three services of worship every day, often taking the form of matins, Holy Communion and an evening service which is often sung by the precentor and choir.
Responsories The responsories are similar in form to the antiphons, but come at the end of the psalm, being originally the reply of the choir or congregation to the precentor who recited the psalm.
Sterne's life at this time was closely tied with his uncle, Dr Jaques Sterne, the Archdeacon of Cleveland and Precentor of York Minster.