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† ˈarch-ˈchanter Obs. exc. Hist.
[ad. med.L. archicantor (also in Eng. use), f. archi- + L. cantor singer, chanter.]
A choir-leader, precentor.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls Ser.) VI. 133 Iohn þe arche⁓chaunter. 1577Holinshed Chron. I. 123/2 Archchanter of S. Peter's church at Rome. 1682N. O. Boileau's Le Lutrin iv. 31 Drown'd in sweet Sleep th' Arch-chanter roll'd at ease. 1751Chambers Cycl., Arch-chantor. 1844Lingard Anglo-Sax. Ch. (1858) I. vii. 278 Arch-cantor of St. Peter's. |