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How to use precentor in a sentence
The most uncanny thing about the kirk was the precentor's box beneath the pulpit.
AULD LICHT IDYLLSJ. M. BARRIEAt the age of eighteen Frey became a teacher and a precentor in small congregations.
SOME JEWISH WITNESSES FOR CHRISTREV. A. BERNSTEIN, B.D.Before beginning his trial sermon he handed down the big Bible to the precentor, to give his arms free swing.
AULD LICHT IDYLSJ. M. BARRIEHowever, I have always been of opinion that the thought of the precentor in his box gave Cree a fleeting sense of humor.
AULD LICHT IDYLSJ. M. BARRIEThe Precentor: Argent, on a saltire azure a fleur-de-lis or.
A COMPLETE GUIDE TO HERALDRYARTHUR CHARLES FOX-DAVIESI was therefore obliged to walk twice a week to Alefeld with my violin, to take lessons from the precentor there.
LOUIS SPOHR'S AUTOBIOGRAPHYLOUIS SPOHRBefore him, on the floor, lie a breviary of blue velvet and his precentor's staff.
A POPULAR HANDBOOK TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY, VOLUME I, FOREIGN SCHOOLSVARIOUSAt Ely, in the fourteenth century, when the scribes there were very active, the precentor was always on the look-out for copy.
OLD ENGLISH LIBRARIESERNEST SAVAGEThe precentor of Abingdon obtained tithes worth thirty shillings for buying parchment.
OLD ENGLISH LIBRARIESERNEST SAVAGESuch an important office as that of precentor obviously required many high qualities for its due discharge.
ENGLISH MONASTIC LIFEABBOT GASQUETWORDS RELATED TO PRECENTOR
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