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Meaning of "precentress" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PRECENTRESS

precentress  [prɪˈsentrɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRECENTRESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Precentress is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PRECENTRESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of precentress in the English dictionary

The definition of precentress in the dictionary is a female precentor.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRECENTRESS


actress
ˈæktrɪs
buttress
ˈbʌtrɪs
cicatrice
ˈsɪkətrɪs
cockatrice
ˈkɒkətrɪs
disenchantress
ˌdɪsɪnˈtʃɑːntrɪs
fortress
ˈfɔːtrɪs
gentrice
ˈdʒentrɪs
huntress
ˈhʌntrɪs
interlocutrice
ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtrɪs
jointress
ˈdʒɔɪntrɪs
liatris
laɪˈætrɪs
mattress
ˈmætrɪs
mistress
ˈmɪstrɪs
proprietress
prəˈpraɪətrɪs
sculptress
ˈskʌlptrɪs
seamstress
ˈsɛmstrɪs
songstress
ˈsɒŋstrɪs
temptress
ˈtɛmptrɪs
Ventris
ˈvɛntrɪs
waitress
ˈweɪtrɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRECENTRESS

precedented
precedential
precedentially
precedently
preceding
precensor
precent
precentor
precentorial
precentorship
precentrix
precept
preceptial
preceptive
preceptively
preceptor
preceptoral
preceptorate
preceptorial
preceptories

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRECENTRESS

address
air mattress
antistress
cocktail waitress
de-stress
distress
enchantress
flying fortress
headmistress
in distress
inner spring mattress
movie actress
overstress
prestress
seductress
shear stress
stress
supporting actress
tensile stress
tress
yield stress

Synonyms and antonyms of precentress in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «precentress» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRECENTRESS

Find out the translation of precentress to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of precentress from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «precentress» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

precentress
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

precentress
570 millions of speakers

English

precentress
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

precentress
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

precentress
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

precentress
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

precentress
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

precentress
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

precentress
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Precentress
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

precentress
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

precentress
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

precentress
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Precentress
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

precentress
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

precentress
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Precentress
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

precentress
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

precentress
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

precentress
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

precentress
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

precentress
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

precentress
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

precentress
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

precentress
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

precentress
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of precentress

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRECENTRESS»

The term «precentress» is used very little and occupies the 176.952 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of precentress
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRECENTRESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «precentress» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «precentress» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about precentress

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRECENTRESS»

Discover the use of precentress in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to precentress and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Black Death
On the following Thursday, 7 May, in the chapter meeting in the chapter house of Mailing, the precentress and subprioress and the nuns of the house entered and presented themselves before the prior, who had some of the bishop's clerks ...
Rosemay Horrox, 1994
2
Woman: In All Ages and in All Countries
With the precentress, or mistress of the choir, rested the responsibility for the church music. She was to train the choir, and to teach music, in which she must be well versed. Besides this, she was the librarian, must give out and take in the ...
‎1908
3
The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson: Letters to ...
As I wrote these remarkable words, I was called down to eight o'clock prayers, and have just worked through a chapter of Joshua and five verses, with five treble choruses, of a Samoan hymn; but the music was good, our boys and precentress  ...
Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, 1899
4
Women of Mediaeval France
With the precentress, or mistress of the choir, rested the responsibility for the church music. She was to train the choir, and to teach music, in which she must be well versed. Besides this, she was the librarian, must give out and take in the ...
Pierce Butler, 1908
5
The Biographical Edition of the Works of Robert Louis ...
As I wrote these remarkable words, I was called down to eight o'clock prayers, and have just worked through a chapter of Joshua and five verses, with five treble choruses, of a Samoan hymn; but the music was good, our boys and precentress  ...
Robert Louis Stevenson, 1912
6
The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson
As I wrote these remarkable words, I was called down to eight o'clock prayers, and have just worked through a chapter of Joshua and five verses, with five treble choruses, of a Samoan hymn; but the music was good, our boys and precentress  ...
Robert Louis Stevenson, Sidney Colvin, 1917
7
Woman: in all ages and in all countries ...
The sacristan, too, having to decorate the church in keeping with the seasons of the religious year, must be enough of a scholar to know how to compute and determine the feast days according to the calendar. With the precentress, or mistress ...
Mitchell Carroll, Alfred Brittain, Edward B. Pollard, 1907
8
Works
As I wrote these remarkable words, I was called down to eight o'clock prayers, and have just worked through a chapter of Joshua and five verses, with five treble choruses, of a Samoan hymn ; but the music was good, our boys and precentress  ...
Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Graham Balfour, 1905
9
The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson
As i wrote these remarkable words, I was called down to eight o'clock prayers, and have just worked through a chapter of Joshua and five verses, with five treble choruses, of a Samoan hymn ; but the music was good, our boys and precentress  ...
Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, 1918
10
Women of Mediæval France
Withthe precentress, or mistress ofthechoir, rested the responsibility for thechurch music. She was to train thechoir, and toteach music, in which she must bewell versed. Besides this, she wasthe librarian, must give outand take inthebooks, and  ...
Pierce Butler

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRECENTRESS»

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... baffy wrest slovaks vowelly anisophylly clotheslines proventricular precentress filipino domification ginete desilicify cazimi millier meteograph ... «What Digital Camera, Sep 10»

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