choir loft

American  

noun

1. a gallery in a church in which the choir is placed.

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choir loft British  

noun

1. a gallery in a cathedral, abbey, or church used by the choir

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Etymology

Origin of choir loft

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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

The choir loft is off limits because of longstanding termite damage to its structural supports.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2020

On Sunday after the service — and after the coffee-and-danish crowd had thinned in the church basement — Roy took me up to the choir loft.

From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2019

That’s when a 5-foot-by-5-foot piece of plaster ceiling fell into the choir loft at the neo-Gothic-style church at 424 South 30th Street, adjacent to Interstate 5.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2019

Most of his army slept in the choir loft or the lady chapel.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques