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单词 cantors
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cantor

noun

can·​tor ˈkan-tər How to pronounce cantor (audio)
1
: a choir leader : precentor
2
: a synagogue official who sings or chants liturgical music and leads the congregation in prayer
cantorial
kan-ˈtȯr-ē-əl How to pronounce cantor (audio)
adjective

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The cantor is, after the rabbi, the most important figure in a Jewish worship service. A cantor not only must possess an excellent singing voice but also must know by heart long passages of Hebrew. Cantors such as Jan Peerce and Richard Tucker became international opera stars. The comedian and singer Edward Israel Iskowitz renamed himself Eddie Cantor for his original profession and became enormously popular on stage, screen, radio, and television for over 40 years.

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Roytman, of Wilmette, cantor at Beth Hillel Bnai Emunah of Wilmette, was supposed to be honored two years ago with a celebration honoring his 10th anniversary of BHBE service but the COVID-19 pandemic postponed the event. Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2022 Two Marines placed a wreath on the stone crypt containing the ashes of Holocaust victims and Biden listened as a cantor recited the remembrance prayer. Arkansas Online, 14 July 2022 Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers has served as the rabbi and cantor for the Tree of Life in Pittsburgh since the summer of 2017. Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, CNN, 25 Aug. 2022 Two Marines placed a wreath on the stone crypt containing the ashes of Holocaust victims and Biden listened as a cantor recited the remembrance prayer. Arkansas Online, 14 July 2022 Sometimes the cantor in the group played guitar for his mostly Protestant colleagues. New York Times, 14 Aug. 2022 One sticks out to cantor and chaplain Michael Zoosman: a February 2021 response from the Polunsky Unit prison in which Ramiro Gonzales offered to donate a kidney to one of Zoosman’s congregants. María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 12 July 2022 Two Marines placed a wreath on the stone crypt containing the ashes of Holocaust victims and Biden listened as a cantor recited the remembrance prayer. Arkansas Online, 14 July 2022 Two Marines placed a wreath on the stone crypt containing the ashes of Holocaust victims and Biden listened as a cantor recited the remembrance prayer. Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Latin, singer, from canere to sing

First Known Use

1538, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

cantor

noun

can·​tor ˈkan-tər How to pronounce cantor (audio)
: a synagogue official who sings religious music and leads the congregation in prayer

cantors

noun

plural of cantor
as in choristers

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • choristers
  • singers
  • chanters
  • vocalists
  • songsters
  • carolers
  • carollers
  • crooners
  • voices
  • serenaders
  • harmonizers
  • warblers
  • yodelers
  • belters
  • vocalizers
  • chansonniers
  • bards
  • chanteuses
  • songstresses
  • troubadours
  • hummers
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