See also:

• PRECENTOR (Late Lat. praecentor, from praecipere, to sing before, lead in singing)

PRECENTOR (See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. praecentor, from praecipere, to sing before, See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead in singing)  , the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal director of the singing or musical portions of the service in a See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral or cathedral See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church . In the See also:

• ENGLISH

English Church in cathedrals of the " Old See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

Foundation " the See also:

• PRECENTOR (Late Lat. praecentor, from praecipere, to sing before, lead in singing)

precentor is a member of the cathedral See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter and officially ranks next to the See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

dean . His musical duties are usually performed by the " succentor," one of the vicars choral . In cathedrals of the " New Foundation " the " precentor " is not a member of the chapter, but is one of the See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor canons .