noun
- the office or position of a precentor (a person who leads singing in a church or religious service)
Usage: ecclesiastical
Examples
- He was appointed to the precentorship at the cathedral.
- The precentorship required extensive knowledge of liturgical music.
- She held the precentorship for over twenty years.
- The duties of the precentorship included training the choir.
- The precentorship was considered a prestigious position in the church hierarchy.