Stretching my brain a little

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I was talking with someone who mentioned that his church has a cantor. I had never heard of a cantor in a Christian church - apparently it's what we called "soloist" at my parents' church.

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[dlevey.livejournal.com]

I've heard it, though mostly in reference to Catholic churches.

[ladypeyton.livejournal.com]

Yep. We had a cantor. He was the guy who got to sing into the microphone whenever we were all supposed to sing a hymn.

[etherial.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it came up in my music history classes in college.