choir
a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
any group of musicians or musical instruments; a musical company, or band, or a division of one: string choir.
Architecture.
the part of a church occupied by the singers of the choir.
the part of a cruciform church east of the crossing.
(in medieval angelology) one of the orders of angels.
professed to recite or chant the divine office: a choir monk.
to sing or sound in chorus.
Idioms about choir
preach to the choir. See entry at preach to the choir.
Origin of choir
1- Also Archaic, quire .
Other words from choir
- choir·like, adjective
Words that may be confused with choir
- choir , quire
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How to use choir in a sentence
Theres not the smallest orb which thou beholdest but in his motion like an angel sings still choiring to the young-eyed cherubims!
Twos and Threes | G. B. SternHe was beautiful again, radiant and young-eyed as the choiring cherubim.
A Woman Named Smith | Marie Conway Oemler
British Dictionary definitions for choir
/ (kwaɪə) /
an organized group of singers, esp for singing in church services
the part of a cathedral, abbey, or church in front of the altar, lined on both sides with benches, and used by the choir and clergy: Compare chancel
(as modifier): choir stalls
a number of instruments of the same family playing together: a brass choir
Also called: choir organ one of the manuals on an organ controlling a set of soft sweet-toned pipes: Compare great (def. 21), swell (def. 16)
any of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology
Origin of choir
1- Archaic spelling: quire
Derived forms of choir
- choirlike, adjective
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