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choir

  [kwahyuhr]
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–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

Related forms:
choirlike, adjective
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choir   (kwīr)   
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
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

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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