— 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 ]