choir loft
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of choir loft
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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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
There’s mold blooming on walls and piles of raccoon poop in the choir loft upstairs.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 26, 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
For any number of reasons, concrete and ineffable, there was something about Katherine Goble that made her as comfortable in the office in 1244 as she was in the choir loft at Carver Presbyterian.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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