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Definition of Hazan
1. Noun. The official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos.
Definition of Hazan
1. Noun. (alternative form of hazzan) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hazan
1. a cantor [n HAZANIM or HAZANS] - See also: cantor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hazan
Literary usage of Hazan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Contemporary One-act Plays of 1921. (American) by Frank Shay (1922)
"hazan You do not recognize me? I am hazan. (He faints again. ... (Nevertheless,
he manages to pick up hazan and stagger out with him, leaving his lantern ..."
2. The Book of the Short Story by Alexander Jessup, Henry Seidel Canby (1903)
"self between them, and said: “hazan and Au, let me entreat you both to be quiet
and lay aside these your differences, and I doubt not but I shall be able to ..."
3. Jewish Services in Synagogue and Home by Lewis Naphtali Dembitz (1898)
"The professional hazan is chosen with a view to a good voice, musical training,
... The hazan, or oftener in the great Synagogues another man with other ..."
4. Jewish Education in New York City by Alexander Mordecai Dushkin (1918)
"JANUARY 30, 1737: David Mendes Machado, was elected "to act as hazan or reader
... APRIL 15, 1747: It was agreed that the hazan "David Mendez Machado shall ..."
5. Sermons by American Rabbis by Central Conference of American Rabbis (1896)
"The hazan, ie, the precentor, was the minister, the reverend, actually the reader
of the prayers and Scriptures and the master of ceremonies. ..."
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