choral

American  

[kawr-uhl, kohr-, kuh-ral, kaw-, koh-, kawr-uhl, kohr-] / ˈkɔr əl, ˈkoʊr-, kəˈræl, kɔ-, koʊ-, ˈkɔr əl, ˈkoʊr- /

adjective

1. of a chorus or a choir.

   She heads our new choral society.

2. sung by, adapted for, or containing a chorus or a choir.

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noun

1. chorale.

choral British  

adjective

1. relating to, sung by, or designed for a chorus or choir

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noun

1. a variant spelling of chorale

Other Word Forms

• chorally adverb

Etymology

Origin of choral

1580–90; < Medieval Latin chorālis, equivalent to chor ( us ) chorus + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

After close to four years without a new release, Harry Styles re-emerged this week with “Aperture,” a thumping electronic track featuring handsome choral harmonies.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ms. Chan is a scholar of Renaissance arts and a former choral singer, and her book profits from her musician’s view of how music feels in the body and fires the senses.

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This use of video—along with a murmuring choral background—makes Ana’s dream sequences, in which she tries to become part of the landscape, the most effective parts of the show.

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So music breaks down barriers, as characters keep telling us in a dreadfully blunt script: “This isn’t the mill, this is the choral. And we’re all equal here.”

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The singer added Christmas was her favourite time of the year, growing up with choral singing in Neath.

From BBC

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