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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

The synagogue is named after German-born composer Kurt Weill, who fled Nazi Germany in 1933, and his father Albert Weill, who was a cantor in Dessau.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 22, 2023

Then the cantor and Danny’s father stood over him and blessed him.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt


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