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Borrowed from Hebrew חַזָּנוּת
chazzanut (uncountable)
- Jewish liturgical music, as performed by a cantor.
1996 August 30, Shirah Winicur, “Boring Reform services”, in soc.culture.jewish[1] (Usenet):Why is having a chazan equated with a solo performance? My husband and I do the chazanut for our congregation because the rabbi cannot sing well enough to lead the congregation.