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
Laurence Harris and his wife Ruth, the longtime cantor, raced to Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center as embers started to rain down , attempting to rescue what they could.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2025
In Grades IV and V, they perform tests at a walk, trot, cantor and do lateral work.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2024
“For the life of me, I’m not going to cry,” the cantor said before Friday evening services in the stained-glass-filled Temple Beth Sholom.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2023
It was difficult, however, because to play Lotería we needed a caller, un cantor, and Papá had always been ours.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Epstein had talked directly to Lutnick about a digital advertising company called Adfin, in which he and Lutnick's firm, Cantor Fitzgerald, had both invested.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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
The letter requested information about how Cantor was selected for the assignment and any fees it collected for its role.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Howard Lutnick’s sons and other Cantor executives have maintained that the elder Lutnick has no knowledge of or involvement with firm matters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Cantor discovered that the set of real numbers is much, much bigger than the rationals.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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