cabiscol

Catalan

Alternative forms

• capiscol

Etymology

Contraction of Latin caput scholae (cantorum) (“head of the school (of singers)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kə.βisˈkɔl]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kə.bisˈkɔl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ka.bisˈkɔl]

Noun

cabiscol m (plural cabiscols)

1. precentor (choir director for a cathedral or monastery)
2. (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.