different between preceptor vs precentor

English

Alternative forms

• præceptor (archaic)
• præceptour (obsolete, rare)
• preceptour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praeceptor (“commander; instructor”), from the verb praecipi? + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from prae- (“pre-, fore-: before”) + capi? (“to take; to get, to take in, to understand”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?i??s?pt??/

Noun

preceptor (plural preceptors)

1. A teacher or tutor. [from 15th c.]
   • c. 1793, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs, Penguin 1990, p. 64:

     A man who had thought so much on the subjects of language and education was surely no ordinary preceptor.
2. The head of a preceptory of Knights Templar. [from 15th c.]
3. (medicine, chiefly US) A doctor who gives practical training to medical students, nurses etc. [from 19th c.]

Derived terms

• preceptress
• preceptorship

Coordinate terms

• (medical trainee supervisor): orientee

Anagrams

• perceptor

Romanian

Etymology

From French précepteur, from Latin praeceptor.

Noun

preceptor m (plural preceptori)

1. private tutor

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Latin praeceptor

Noun

preceptor m (plural preceptores, feminine preceptora, feminine plural preceptoras)

1. preceptor
2. teacher

English

Alternative forms

• præcentor (archaic)
• precentour (obsolete)

Etymology

From French précenteur, from Latin praecentor, from praecentus (“sung before”), from praecin? (“I sing before”).

Noun

precentor (plural precentors)

1. The person who leads songs or prayers in a cathedral, church, monastery, or synagogue and generally facilitates worship.

Related terms

• succentor