hazanuth

noun

ha·​za·​nuth

variants or hazanut or hazzanuth or hazzanut or chazanuth or chazanut or chazzanuth or chazzanut

ḵəˈzänət(h),

-nəs

plural -s

1

: cantorial singing or chanting : synagogal melodies

2

: cantors of the synagogue

collectively : cantorate

Word History

Etymology

Late Hebrew ḥazzānūth, from ḥazzan

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