precentressn.

Brit.

/prᵻˈsɛntrᵻs/,

/priːˈsɛntrᵻs/, U.S.

/prəˈsɛntrəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: precentor n., -ess suffix¹.

Etymology: < precentor n. + -ess suffix¹ (see -tress suffix). Compare earlier precentrix n.

= precentrix n.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > other clergy > [noun] > precentor > female

precentrix1706

precentress1892

society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > singer of church music > [noun] > cantor or precentor > female

precentrix1706

precentress1892

1892 R. L. Stevenson Let. Mar. (1901) II. 252 Our boys and precentress ('tis always a woman that leads) did better than I ever heard them.

1939 Amer. Anthropologist 41 414 Led by a precentress swinging a rattle, they proceed from their site singing and dancing.

1995 B. Golding Gilbert of Sempringham iii. 186 What education the novices received came from the precentress.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	precentress
释义	precentressn. Brit. /prᵻˈsɛntrᵻs/, /priːˈsɛntrᵻs/, U.S. /prəˈsɛntrəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: precentor n., -ess suffix¹. Etymology: < precentor n. + -ess suffix¹ (see -tress suffix). Compare earlier precentrix n. = precentrix n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > other clergy > [noun] > precentor > female precentrix1706 precentress1892 society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > singer of church music > [noun] > cantor or precentor > female precentrix1706 precentress1892 1892 R. L. Stevenson Let. Mar. (1901) II. 252 Our boys and precentress ('tis always a woman that leads) did better than I ever heard them. 1939 Amer. Anthropologist 41 414 Led by a precentress swinging a rattle, they proceed from their site singing and dancing. 1995 B. Golding Gilbert of Sempringham iii. 186 What education the novices received came from the precentress. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1892
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