succentor

[ suh k-sen-ter ]

/ səkˈsɛn tər /

a precentor's deputy.

Origin of succentor

1600–10; < Late Latin, equivalent to Latin suc- suc- + -cen-, combining form of canere to sing + -tor -tor

The succentor, or sub-cantor, was the cantors assistant in everything.

English Monastic Life |Abbot Gasquet
Succentor, suk-sen′tor, n. a subcantor: the bass soloist in a choir.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) |Various
The care of the presses is to be entrusted to the Precentor and his subordinate, called the Succentor.

The Care of Books |John Willis Clark
The Precentor, with the assistance of his deputy, the Succentor, directed the music of the cathedral.

Medival London |William Benham

He was assisted by a Succentor, who sat on the left side of the choir, and led that half of the choir in service.

Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages |Edward Lewes Cutts

succentor

/ (səkˈsɛntə) /

the deputy of the precentor of a cathedral that has retained its statutes from pre-Reformation days

succentorship, noun

C17: from Late Latin: one who accompanies singing, from succinere to accompany, from Latin canere to sing