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
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
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
Most of his army slept in the choir loft or the lady chapel.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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