chazzanut
chazzanut noun: jewish liturgical music, as performed by a cantor.
Noun
chazzanut (uncountable)
- Jewish liturgical music, as performed by a cantor.
- His [Sholom Friede] numerous collections are retained in the Hebrew Union College library […] containing in all about two hundred numbers, in the style of the eighteenth century. He had a love for the Polish-Jewish songs; and due to that fact, we are in possession of the early Polish chazzanuth and...1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 230
- Why is having a chazan equated with a solo performance? My husband and I do the chazanut for our congregation because the rabbi cannot sing well enough to lead the congregation.1996 August 30, Shirah Winicur, “Boring Reform services”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet)
Forms of chazzanut
| alternative form | chazanut |
|---|---|
| alternative form | chazanuth |
| alternative form | chazzanuth |
Origin of chazzanut
Borrowed from Hebrew חַזָּנוּת.
Questions about chazzanut
- What does chazzanut mean?
- Chazzanut means jewish liturgical music, as performed by a cantor.
- What part of speech is chazzanut?
- Chazzanut is a noun.
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