Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web

choirest

 - 1 dictionary result

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


choirlike, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To choirest
Search another word or see choirest on Thesaurus | Reference
FacebookTwitterFollow us: