Lexicographical Neighbors of Chazan
Literary usage of Chazan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1792)
"... whom they called the chazan, ... Tbt chazan f, an ... by the chazan in the
Synagogue, and the Pried in the Temple, ..."
2. Letters Concerning the Constitution and Order of the Christian Ministry by Samuel Miller (1830)
"... or improperly, and calling " him back, and correcting him, if he had failed
in any thing. " And hence he was called chazan, that is, ..."
3. Reminiscences by Isaac Mayer Wise (1901)
"Shortly after this I heard that our chazan visited the saloons, ... I knew that
the chazan was weak, and that he would never have taken this step, ..."
4. The Christian Ministry by Joseph Barber Lightfoot (1901)
"And again, the chazan or attendant in the synagogue, whose duties were confined
... The Hebrew chazan is not rendered by ' deacon' in the Greek Testament; ..."
5. Max Lilienthal, American Rabbi: Life and Writings by David Philipson, Max E. Lilienthal (1915)
"I met afterwards the chazan of Vilna, who might have been accounted easily ...
I made the acquaintance of the chazan of Minsk who, though not as fine as he ..."
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