† arch-chantern.
Obsolete exc. Historical.
A choir-leader, precentor.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > other clergy > [noun] > precentor
arch-chantera1387
chanterc1390
chanterer1482
ruler1485
precentor1516
cantora1552
taker-up1578
uptaker1620
praise leader1920
society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > singer of church music > [noun] > cantor or precentor
arch-chantera1387
chanterc1390
chanterer1482
ruler1485
precentor1516
cantora1552
taker-up1578
uptaker1620
precentorial1825
praise leader1920
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 133 Iohn þe arche~chaunter.
1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 183/1 in Chron. I Archechanter [1587 Archchanter] of Saint Peters Church at Rome.
1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin iv. 31 Drown'd in sweet Sleep th' Arch-chanter roll'd at ease.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Arch-Chanter, Archicanter, the Chief or President of the Chanters of a Church.
1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) I. vii. 303 Arch-cantor of St. Peter's.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
<
n.a1387