cantor

1. The Jewish religious official who leads the musical part of a service.
2. The person who leads a church choir or congregation in singing; a precentor.

[Latin, singer, from canere, to sing.]

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In Jewish and early Christian worship, the principal or solo singer. In Roman Catholic use, the cantor sang the solo portions of chant; in medieval cathedrals he was director of the choir. The leading singer in most Anglican cathedrals became known as the ‘precentor’. In the Lutheran Church the Kantor directed the music.

Tutor's tip: The "cantor" (church choir leader) pushed his horse to a "canter" (a horse's gait between a trot and a gallop).

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Cantor may refer to:

Contents 1 In general 2 In mathematics 3 As a surname 4 See also

In general

• The Latin word for singer, e.g. the main singer of a cantus
• Cantor (church), an ecclesiastical officer leading liturgical music in several branches of the Christian Church
  • Hazzan - Similar function in a Jewish synagogue
• Cantor (crater), a lunar crater
• Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services firm

In mathematics

• The Cantor set or Cantor dust
• The Cantor function
• The Cantor space

As a surname

• Andrés Cantor, Spanish-language soccer announcer
• Betty Cantor, Grateful Dead producer and tapist
• Brian Cantor, Vice-Chancellor of the University of York, UK
• David Cantor (born 1954), American actor and singer
• Eddie Cantor (1892-1964), American comedian, singer, actor, songwriter
• Eric Cantor (born 1963), American politician
• Georg Cantor (1845-1918), German mathematician, founder of set theory
• Jacob A. Cantor (1854-1921), New York politician
• Max Cantor (1959-1991), American journalist and actor
• Moritz Cantor (1829-1920), German historian of mathematics
• Nancy Cantor, Chancellor and President of Syracuse University
• Norman Cantor (1929-2004), Canadian medievalist
• Theodore Edward Cantor (1809-1860), Danish biologist

See also

• cant
• Precentor
• Kantor
• Canter
• Cantor

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kantor

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorzanger

Français (French)
n. - choriste, chantre, maître de chapelle

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vorsänger, Kantor

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μουσ.) κορυφαίος χορωδίας, πρωτοψάλτης

Italiano (Italian)
cantore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - chantre (m), cantor (m) solista de sinagoga

Русский (Russian)
кантор, регент

Español (Spanish)
n. - cantor, maestro de capilla

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kantor

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
合唱指挥家, 领唱者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 合唱指揮家, 領唱者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (성가대) 합창 지휘자, 독창자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 先唱者, 独唱者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المغني الرئيسي في الكنيسه أو الكنيس (معبد اليهود)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חזן, מנצח על מקהלה כנסייתית‬

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