choric

[ kawr-ik, kohr- ]

/ ˈkɔr ɪk, ˈkoʊr- /

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adjective

of, relating to, or written for a chorus.

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Origin of choric

1810–20; <Late Latin choricus<Greek chorikós, equivalent to chor(ós) chorus + -ikos-ic

Words nearby choric

choreutic, choreutics, chori-, choriamb, choriambus, choric, chorine, chorio-, chorioallantois, choriocarcinoma, chorioid

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How to use choric in a sentence

Thus (in a choric ballet) the voice and the step proceed from one and the same person, in that they are all perfectly regulated.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3|Plotinos (Plotinus)
These were days when the proa went shouting across the empty southern seas to madrigal and choric song.
Where the Pavement Ends|John Russell
His priests and generals, captives and choric women, are as little Greek as they are modern.
A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools|Various
During the choric dance he is driven away into ignominious quarters.
The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians|Xenophon

And the Great Sloth wearies us with the singing of choric songs when we long to be asleep.
The Magic City|Edith Nesbit

British Dictionary definitions for choric

choric

/ (ˈkɒrɪk) /

adjective

of, like, for, or in the manner of a chorus, esp of singing, dancing, or the speaking of verse

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