| 单词 | choral vicar |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschoral vicar b. choral vicar, vicar choral: ‘one of the officers of a cathedral whose duty it is to sing that portion of the music of the services which can be performed by laymen or men in minor orders. In some of the old cathedrals they formed a corporation, often jointly with the priest vicars. In many cathedrals the vicars choral were formerly in priests' orders’. (Stainer and Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > other clergy > [noun] > vicar choral vicar choral1587 priest vicar1688 society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > singer of church music > [noun] > vicar choral vicar choral1587 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1302/1 The patronage..which he gaue and impropriated vnto the vicars chorall of his church. 1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. Mr. Dugdale (in his history of S. Paul's Church, p. 172) says, There were anciently six vicars choral belonging to that Church. 1878 Clergy List, Cathedral Establ. Hereford..College of Vicars Choral. < as lemmas |
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