the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
an official whose duty is to lead the singing in a cathedral or in a collegiate or parish church; a precentor.
Eddie Edward Israel Iskovitz, 1892–1964, U.S. singer and entertainer.
Georg 1845–1918, German mathematician, born in Russia.
Also called: chazan. Judaism a man employed to lead synagogue services, esp to traditional modes and melodies
Christianity the leader of the singing in a church choir
1530–40; < Latin: singer, equivalent to can ( ere ) to sing + -tor -tor
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They were also performed for the first time in 320 years at the St Thomas Church in Leipzig, where Bach is buried and served as a cantor for 27 years.
From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025
In Grades IV and V, they perform tests at a walk, trot, cantor and do lateral work.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2024
Douglas Purcell, the cantor at St. Ignatius Loyola, said in an interview after the service that the lack of mention of the former president seemed to be in accordance with Barry’s wishes.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2023
She also attended a Catholic elementary school and was a cantor at the church across the street, she said in a 2013 interview with Nylon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2023
A good cantor can recite the traditional riddles for all fifty-four cards in the Lotería by heart as he reveals each card to the players.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Cantor Fitzgerald’s Andres Sheppard now sees initial commercial deliveries in the third quarter of 2027.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
One of his concerns was about the exclusivity of the deal - under its terms, Andrew could only introduce wealthy clients to Cantor Fitzgerald and no-one else.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
He knew, though, that Cantor Fitzgerald executives preferred to use initials rather than full names in their emails.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Cantor Fitzgerald was led by Howard Lutnick for more than 30 years before he handed its ownership to his children.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Mr. Cantor found two beautiful sprays of orchids, which Grandma Sadie artistically arranged around the new top layer.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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