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choir

   [kwahyuhr]
–noun
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. Architecture.
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.
–adjective
5. professed to recite or chant the divine office: a choir monk.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
6. to sing or sound in chorus.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME quer < OF cuer < L chorus chorus; r. OE chor choir < L
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Spanish: coro, German: der Chor, Japanese: 合唱団
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choir     (kwīr)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. An organized company of singers, especially one performing church music or singing in a church.
    1. The part of a church used by such a company of singers.
    2. The part of the chancel in a cruciform church that is occupied by this company of singers.
    3. A group of instruments of the same kind: a string choir.
    4. A division of some pipe organs, containing pipes suitable for accompanying a choir.
    1. A group of instruments of the same kind: a string choir.
    2. A division of some pipe organs, containing pipes suitable for accompanying a choir.
  4. An organized group: a choir of dancers.
  5. One of the orders of angels.
intr.v.   choired, choir·ing, choirs
To sing in chorus.

[Middle English quer, quire, from Old French cuer, from Medieval Latin chorus, from Latin, choral dance; see chorus.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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choir 
c.1300, from O.Fr. quer "choir of a church," from L. chorus "choir" (see chorus), to Eng. as quyre, re-spelled 1643 on L. model.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper

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choir

noun
1. a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony 
2. a family of similar musical instrument playing together 
3. the area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave 

verb
1. sing in a choir 

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Choir

Choir\, n. [OE. quer, OF. cuer, F. ch[oe]ur, fr. L. chorus a choral dance, chorus, choir, fr. Gr. ?, orig. dancing place; prob. akin to ? inclosure, L. hortus garden, and E. yard. See Chorus.]

1. A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service. [Formerly written also quire.]

2. That part of a church appropriated to the singers.

3. (Arch.) The chancel.

Choir organ (Mus.), one of the three or five distinct organs included in the full organ, each separable from the rest, but all controlled by one performer; a portion of the full organ, complete in itself, and more practicable for ordinary service and in the accompanying of the vocal choir.

Choir screen, Choir wall (Arch.), a screen or low wall separating the choir from the aisles.

Choir service, the service of singing performed by the choir. --T. Warton.

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