vicar choral
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An assistant to a canon or prebendary of a collegiate church having special responsibility for the choir as opposed to the altar.
British usage
Example Sentences
- "He managed the property of the dean and chapter, and knew what were the rights, and also what were the wrongs, of prebendaries and minor canons,—of vicars choral, and even of choristers."
Usage
- British usage
Inflected Forms
Synonyms
lay clerk in certain choirs