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precentor.

The person who leads songs or prayers in a cathedral, church, monastery, or synagogue and generally facilitates worship.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/prɪˈsɛn.tə(ɹ)//priˈsɛn.təɹ/
  1. The person who leads songs or prayers in a cathedral, church, monastery, or synagogue and generally facilitates worship.

Where this word comes from

From French précenteur, from Latin praecentor, from praecentus (“sung before”), from praecinō (“to sing before”) + -or (“agent suffix”), from prae- + canĕre (“to sing”).

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