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Random: n. Eccles. a precentor's deputy.
OED: † 1. a. A chanter who takes up the
chant after the precentor, or who presides over the left choir. (Also
allusively.) Obs. † b. One who sings the bass in a choir. Obs. rare0. † 2. fig.
An abettor. Obs. rare1. 3. A precentor's deputy.
НБАРС: солист-бас церковного хора (часто заменяет регента)
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