choir loft
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of choir loft
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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An employee of the Jesuits’ West Province, she has an office on the second floor of the Capitol Hill church, next to the choir loft.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2023
He saw instead the dusky-blue morning light streaming through the stained glass windows, the glass chandeliers, the white pews in a sea of blue carpet, red carpet encircling the pulpit and choir loft.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2023
They built the biggest choir loft that they can build with the kind of messaging that they have and the kind of people they are trying to reach out to.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
The project includes fixing safety railings for the balcony, repairing the balcony and choir loft floors, and refurbishing the building’s rear steps.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 23, 2021
As a little girl, I’d played all over the building—even up in the balcony and in the choir loft.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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