Definition of Succentor. Meaning of Succentor. Synonyms of Succentor

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Definition of Succentor

Succentor
Succentor Suc"cen*tor, n. [LL., an accompanier in singing, fr. succinere to sing, to accompany; sub under, after + canere to sing.] (Eccl.) A subchanter.

Meaning of Succentor from wikipedia

- Christianity portal The succentor ("under-singer") is the ****istant to the precentor, typically in an ancient cathedral foundation, helping with the preparation...
- (Canon Pastor) Vacant (Canon Treasurer) Rosemary Morton (Minor Canon Succentor) Helen O'****van (Priest Vicar Chaplain) Rachel Weir (Minor Canon) Related...
- Notwithstanding the abolition of the college, there remain two minor canons (succentor and sacrist) who take part in and organise services in the cathedral,...
- Christianity, the lead cantor is called the precentor, and is ****isted by a succentor. In the Lutheran Church, the Kantor is the chief musician in a particular...
- responsories, etc.; gave the pitch or tone to the bishop and dean at M**** (the succentor performing a similar office to the canons and clerks); recruited and taught...
- groups overlap however; the two senior vicars, the Dean's Vicar and the Succentor, are also the two senior Minor Canons. Some Minor Canons do sit with,...
- additional dignitaries, as the praelector, subdean, vice-chancellor, succentor-canonicorum, and others, whose roles came into existence to supply the...
- (Treasurer); Kilbride (Cantor); Glasgow primo (Bishop's Vicar); Glasgow secundo (Succentor); Campsie (Sacristan); Provan; Carstairs; Erskine; Cardross; Renfrew;...
- (Canon Pastor) Vacant (Canon Treasurer) Rosemary Morton (Minor Canon Succentor) Helen O'****van (Priest Vicar Chaplain) Rachel Weir (Minor Canon) Related...
- choir, and directly to his left is his ****istant, formerly called the succentor. A common custom for cantors was the bearing of the staff, which was the...