Definition of chazan

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cha·zan or haz·zan also chaz·zan

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n) KEY

NOUN:

A cantor in a synagogue.

ETYMOLOGY:
Mishnaic Hebrew and Jewish Aramaic azzn, from Akkadian azannu, administrator, mayor; see zy in Semitic roots

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