cantors

Definition of cantorsnext
plural of cantor

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • In the Shadow of the Stars put the divas in the background to focus on the lives of 11 men and women choristers at the San Francisco opera house.
    Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Already Guerrero seems to be able to convey of-the-moment phrasings and character directions with a few emphatic motions—a roller-coaster swoop here, a waggle of the fingers there—and get an immediate response from the choristers.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The dialogue is heavily improvised, with Davis letting the singers tell their own stories.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Successful athletes and opera singers were also graduates of this school.
    Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The paths of two of the most exciting young vocalists in jazz keep converging in interesting places.
    Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Not the musical theater version of the Green Day album, but the original album recreated in its entirety sung by multiple vocalists and a live band.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
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“Cantors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantors. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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