precentorshipn.
/prᵻˈsɛntəʃɪp/, /priːˈsɛntəʃɪp/, U.S. /prəˈsɛn(t)ərˌʃɪp/ Christian Church.
The office or position of precentor.
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1692 in G. Stradling Serm. & Disc. pref. His Preferments at last were the Deanry of Chichester, and the Precentorship of that Church.
1708 R. Newcourt Hist. Diocese London I. 23 In 1418..he exchang'd the Prebendships of Chermistre and Bere..for the Precentorship of the same Church.
1782 T. Newton Wks. I. 65 The Bishop of Bristol..was obliged to give up the prebend of Westminster, the precentorship of York,..and the genteel office of sub-almoner.
1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 6 174 Saved..by the well-timed exaltation to a neighbouring precentership.
1865 T. D. Hardy Catal. Ld. Chancellors II. 488 Besides this canonry he held the precentorship of Lincoln.
1886 L. O. Pike Yearbks. 13 & 14 Edward III Introd. 61 A former Bishop was seised of the advowson of the precentorship as in right of his bishopric.
1954 T. S. Eliot Confidential Clerk iii. 132 Joshua Park may be only a stepping-stone to a precentorship!
1976 Church Times 16 Jan. 15/3 During his notable precentorship he cemented the Cathedral's links with the parishes by organizing massive choral festivals.
1997 Times (Nexis) 25 Jan. The precentorship of Westminster Abbey does not in itself rate as a senior appointment unlike in some other cathedrals.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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