Definition of Chazans

1. chazan [n] - See also: chazan

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chazans

chawers
chawing
chawnce
chaws
chay
chaya
chayas
chayesite
chayote
chayotes
chayroot
chayroots
chays
chazan
chazanim
chazans (current term)
chazzan
chazzanim
chazzans
chazzen
chazzenim
chazzens
chazzer
chazzerai
chazzers
che
che sara sara
che sera sera
cheap
cheap-arse Tuesday

Literary usage of Chazans

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East: With Historical Surveys by Charles Francis Horne (1917)
"... the Mayors (chazans; city-governors), the Scribes, the sergeants, the overseers of this work, wore garments of goats' hair. ..."

2. Analytical Investigations Concerning the Credibility of the Scriptures and by J. H. McCulloh (1852)
"... officers who were to be found in every christian congregation, and whom we suppose exercised functions that comprehended the duties both of the chazans ..."

3. In the Pale: Stories and Legends of the Russian Jews by Henry Iliowizi (1897)
"The result of the chazans sojourn in Reuben's home was providentially to interpose the strongest of barriers a maiden may rely upon for safety. ..."

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