CHOIR


Meaning of CHOIR in English

— choirlike , adj.

/kwuyeur/ , n.

1. a company of singers, esp. an organized group employed in church service.

2. any group of musicians or musical instruments; a musical company, or band, or a division of one: string choir.

3. Archit.

a. the part of a church occupied by the singers of the choir.

b. the part of a cruciform church east of the crossing.

4. (in medieval angelology) one of the orders of angels.

adj.

5. professed to recite or chant the divine office: a choir monk.

v.t. , v.i.

6. to sing or sound in chorus.

[ 1250-1300; ME quer cuer chorus CHORUS; r. OE chor choir ]

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