precentorship (present or ship)

[ pre central (pre-sen'tral), a. [ precept (prē'sept), n. [ For precept must be upon precept , precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isa. xxviii. 10. IMG:content-0814.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0815.png:[blocks in formation] + -i - al.] [Rare.] Men Can counsel, and speak comfort to that grief Which they themselves not feel; but, tasting it, Their counsel turns to pa ion, which before Would give preceptial medicine to rage. Shak., Much Ado, v. 1. 24.