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See more synonyms for choir on Thesaurus.com a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service. any group of musicians or musical instruments; a musical company, or band, or a division of one: string choir. Architecture the part of a church occupied by the singers of the choir. the part of a cruciform church east of the crossing. (in medieval angelology) one of the orders of angels. Show More
professed to recite or chant the divine office: a choir monk. Show More
verb (used with or without object) to sing or sound in chorus. Show More
Origin of choir 1250–1300; Middle English quer <
Old French cuer <
Latin chorus chorus ; replacing
Old English chor choir <
Latin Related forms choir·like , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for choir ensemble ,
choir ,
chorus ,
trio ,
cast ,
orchestra ,
band ,
troupe ,
assemblage ,
quintet ,
sextet ,
quartet ,
serenade ,
chant ,
warble ,
whistle ,
shout ,
croon ,
hum ,
wait Examples from the Web for choir Contemporary Examples of choir But I was a choir geek, and then got frustrated and took an acting class and realized that was the thing for me.
The play of Sunday, the play of being angels in the choir , is not just a peripheral secondary marginal realm of activity.
It was in the vestry where the choir was putting on its garments.
Surreally, a choir of high school students at the gate adjoining ours begins singing a hymnal.
Lewis grew up in Florida, and sang in church, choir , and in school.
Historical Examples of choir He could hear the music of the organ, and presently the choir began to sing an anthem.
Josie, of course, was prompt to oust Angie Tuthill from her place in the choir .
I wish you'd commence to-night, instead of choir practice night.
It was a low vault, with squat arches, on exactly the same plan as the choir .
Thirdly, the choir of elder men, who are from thirty to sixty years of age, will also sing.
British Dictionary definitions for choir an organized group of singers, esp for singing in church services the part of a cathedral, abbey, or church in front of the altar, lined on both sides with benches, and used by the choir and clergy Compare chancel (as modifier ) choir stalls a number of instruments of the same family playing together a brass choir Also called: choir organ one of the manuals on an organ controlling a set of soft sweet-toned pipes Compare great (def. 21) , swell (def. 16) any of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology Show More
Archaic spelling: quire
Derived Forms choirlike , adjective Word Origin for choir C13 quer, from Old French cuer, from Latin chorus
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Word Origin and History for choir n. c.1300, queor "part of the church where the choir sings," from Old French cuer , quer "choir of a church (architectural); chorus of singers" (13c., Modern French choeur ), from Latin chorus "choir" (see chorus ). Meaning "band of singers" is c.1400, quyre . Re-spelled mid-17c. on Latin model.
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