nusachn.

1947 M. R. Davie Refugees in Amer. xix. 358 Their [sc. German cantors'] Nusach (order of service) is sufficiently different from the one that is in vogue in this country to make congregations feel ill at ease.

1974 H. L. Feingold Zion in Amer. vii. 107 The bitter conflicts which occurred within in the religious congregations... The issues involved were complex. At times it concerned the matter of minhag, the order of the ritual, in which nussach, the order of prayer, played an important part.

1997 Oxf. Dict. Jewish Relig. 507/2 Nussaḥ,..conveying the idea of ‘accepted formula’..; [it is used] to distinguish the differing liturgical rites of the various communities and groups.

1955 H. D. Weisgall in T. Friedman & R. Gordis Jewish Life in Amer. 250 With the gradual disappearance of the German element and the influx of East European Jews, both the nusah (traditional mode) and choral music underwent great changes.

1971 A. E. Millgram Jewish Worship xiii. 366 In addition to the scriptural cantillations there are a number of traditional prayer chants that go back to Temple days. These ancient melodies..are designated as the official Nusah, or musical tradition, of the synagogue.

1980 Jewish Chron. 25 July 6 Two new cassettes from the United Synagogue. Nussach for Musaph, Rosh Hashanah. Nussach for Musaph, Yom Kippur.

1998 N.Y. Times 16 Aug. ar36 The Hazzan is a designated prayer leader..who chants aloud for the congregation. The artistry of his incantations reached a zenith in Eastern Europe, where masterful cantorial improvisers ecstatically ornamented the traditional melodic patterns (nusakh).

2001 Baltimore Jewish Times (Nexis) 28 Dec. 40 There were daily morning tefillah, some using the new Reform siddur, prayer book, and others exploring the traditional nusach, prayer chant.