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Definition of cantors in English English dictionary
- plural of cantor
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- ~ Same as Chazan
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- In Judaism and Christianity, an official in charge of music or chants. In Judaism the azzan (cantor) leads liturgical prayer and chanting. In medieval Christianity the cantor had charge of a cathedral's music specifically, of supervising the choir's singing. The term also designated the head of a college of church music
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- {i} synagogue official who conducts the liturgical part of a service; conductor of a church choir
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- A leader of synagogue services trained in Jewish liturgical music
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- the musical director of a choir
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- A singer; esp
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- a person who chants or sings; often a solo voice that begins the service The Festival of Lessons and Carols begins with the solo of the cantor
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- Musical director of a German town
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- The person who chants liturgical responses
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- the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos
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- singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony
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- the leader of a church choir; a precentor
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- The individual who chants the prayers (usually in Hebrew) during the service in the synagogue
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