cabiscol
Catalan
Alternative forms
- capiscol
Etymology
Contraction of Latin caput scholae (cantorum) (“head of the school (of singers)”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /kə.bisˈkɔl/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ka.bisˈkɔl/
Noun
cabiscol m (plural cabiscols)
- precentor (choir director for a cathedral or monastery)
- (historical, Roman Catholicism) An ecclesiastical title for the fourth-ranked canon of a cathedral chapter.
- Synonym: xantre
See also
- primicer
Further reading
- “cabiscol” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.