choir loft
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of choir loft
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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Without giving too much away, it seems appropriate that Moore’s novel comes to a head in the choir loft of a crumbling cathedral.
From New York Times • Jan. 7, 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
The choir loft became a bedroom, and couches replaced pews in what is now the living room.
From Washington Times • Jun. 16, 2018
Most of his army slept in the choir loft or the lady chapel.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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