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cantor

[kan-ter, -tawr] / ˈkæn tər, -tɔr /


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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

Born Sidney Liebowitz in New York City’s borough of Brooklyn, Lawrence was the son of a Jewish cantor who worked as a house painter.

From Seattle Times Mar. 7, 2024

In those days any Orthodox Jew who said he was a rabbi could preach and go around singing like a cantor and such.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride



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