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Definition of Hazans
1. hazan [n] - See also: hazan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hazans
Literary usage of Hazans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Costume in England: A History of Dress from the Earliest Period Till the by Frederick William Fairholt (1846)
"... is certain that ahout this time a sort of leather hoots, called hazans, were
in fashion, hut these appear to have heen chiefly confined to the clergy. ..."
2. Jewish Education in New York City by Alexander Mordecai Dushkin (1918)
"... to their Seniority to visit sd school monthly to examine the children and
judge if the Scholars under the hazans care advance in their learning; ..."
3. Notes on Some Officials of the Sargonid Period by Allen Howard Godbey (1906)
"Four hazans are distinguished in Jewish literature; (1) the bazan, or mayor, of
a city; (2) the bazan, or sheriff of a court of justice; (3) the bazan of ..."
4. Scrolls: Essays on Jewish History and Literature, and Kindred Subjects by Gotthard Deutsch (1917)
"About the funniest thing is his description of funerals. If a man has a thousand
dollars, all the rabbis and hazans of the city—they call them ..."