Lexicographical Neighbors of Chazans
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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