choir /kwaɪə $ kwaɪr/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: cuer , from Latin chorus ; ⇨ ↑ chorus 1 ]
1 . a group of people who sing together for other people to listen to ⇨ choral :
He joined a church choir at the age of eight.
2 . [usually singular] the part of a church in which a choir sits during religious ceremonies