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choir
[ kwahyuhr ]
noun
- a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
- any group of musicians or musical instruments; a musical company, or band, or a division of one:
string choir.
- Architecture.
- the part of a church occupied by the singers of the choir.
- the part of a cruciform church east of the crossing.
- (in medieval angelology) one of the orders of angels.
adjective
- professed to recite or chant the divine office:
a choir monk.
verb (used with or without object)
- to sing or sound in chorus.
choir
/ ɲɪə /
noun
- an organized group of singers, esp for singing in church services
- the part of a cathedral, abbey, or church in front of the altar, lined on both sides with benches, and used by the choir and clergy Compare chancel
- ( as modifier )
choir stalls
- a number of instruments of the same family playing together
a brass choir
- any of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology
Derived Forms
- ˈǾˌ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- Ǿ· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of choir1
Idioms and Phrases
- preach to the choir. preach to the choir.
Example Sentences
He also suffered damage to his neck cartilage and nerves, preventing the choir member from singing.
"We also work with a community choir. In my view, both are excellent, both are outstanding things," he told BBC News.
But her fellow City choir members emphatically encouraged her to sign up for a solo, and Fox took the plunge.
Members of the choir’s Westside chapter visit the unit every Thursday to sing soothing harmonies to patients in need of comfort, regardless of their prognosis.
But what exactly is it — and why do choirs keep returning to this “circle of fortune”?
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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