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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...
- additional dignitaries, as the praelector, subdean, vice-chancellor, succentor-canonicorum, and others, whose roles came into existence to supply the...
- Christianity, the lead cantor is called the precentor, and is ****isted by a succentor. In the Gr**** Orthodox Church, the Protopsaltis is the cantor of the right...
- 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,...
- 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...
- perhaps the city itself). He worked at churches in Liège in 1408–19, was succentor at Saint-Jean-l'Évangéliste there in 1426, and in Italy c. 1430, perhaps...
- (Canon Pastor) Vacant (Canon Treasurer) Rosemary Morton (Minor Canon Succentor) Helen O'****van (Priest Vicar Chaplain) Rachel Weir (Minor Canon) Related...
- (Canon Pastor) Vacant (Canon Treasurer) Rosemary Morton (Minor Canon Succentor) Helen O'****van (Priest Vicar Chaplain) Rachel Weir (Minor Canon) Related...
- Christmas music inters****d with Bible readings was proposed by the succentor of the cathedral, the Rev. George Walpole (who later became Bishop of...
- whose duties were exactly defined, some thirty-two canons, a subdean, and succentor. All save the last two were bound to a residence. These canons were "secular"...