precentor
/ˌpriːˈsentə(r)/noun
1- a person who leads a congregation in its singing or (in a synagogue) prayers（基督教礼拜会的）领唱者, （犹太教堂）祈祷领诵人。
1.1
- a minor canon who administers the musical life of a cathedral（负责大教堂音乐的）下级教士。
派生词
precent
verbprecentorship
noun词源
early 17th cent.: from French précenteur or Latin praecentor, from praecent- 'sung before'， from the verb praecinere, from prae 'before'+canere 'sing'.