cabiscol
Catalan
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editContraction of Latin caput scholae (cantorum) (“head of the school (of singers)”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [kə.βisˈkɔl]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kə.bisˈkɔl]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ka.bisˈkɔl]
Noun
editcabiscol 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
editFurther reading
edit- “cabiscol” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.