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

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

They have been rehearsing weekly, four or five at a time, since the second week of November, spaced out across the choir loft with individual music stands.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 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

Whenever Robier appeared in the choir loft, the sister would leave the premises.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2017

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