cantor

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Fox served as a cantor, the person who leads the congregation in song, before becoming a rabbi.

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  1. noun The Jewish religious official who leads the musical part of a service.
  2. noun The person who leads a church choir or congregation in singing; a precentor.

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  • But by far the greater component of her devastation was due to her inability to deny Conrig Win-cantor when he sought her assistance. —  May, Julian - Boreal Moon 2 - Ironcrown Moon
  • It saddens me that they still believe me to be a tool of Conrig Win-cantor rather than a loving monarch who puts the needs of her own folk above all other considerations. —  May, Julian - Boreal Moon 2 - Ironcrown Moon
  • The school consisted of a cantor (made Capellmeister in 1663), a sub-cantor, two ushers and six scholars. —  Haydn
  • He was a year younger than anyone else in his class; people forgot about that sometimes Every weekend he travelled to North London to stay with his cousins for bar mitzvah lessons taught by a thin ascetic cantor, frummer than frum , a cabalist and keeper of hidden mysteries onto which he could be diverted with a well-placed question. —  Smoke and Mirrors, by Neil Gaiman.
  • Be sure you're keeping in touch with the rabbi, cantor or whoever is officiating about how the service will run. —  Articles
 

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  1. Latin, singer, from canere, to sing; see kan- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Latin, a singer, from canere, sing: see cant, v.
 

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/ˈkæntər/
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