verb
- to lead or direct the singing of a choir or congregation in a church service
Usage: chiefly British; ecclesiastical
Examples
- The cantor will precent the hymns during the Sunday service.
- She was asked to precent the choir for the Easter celebration.
- The precentor has precentered the same liturgical chants for over twenty years.
- In traditional Anglican churches, the precentor precenters the responses.
- He learned to precent by studying under the cathedral's music director.