choirlike
noun
1.
a company of singers, especially 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.
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choir (kwaɪə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an organized group of singers, esp for singing in church services |
| 2. | a. Compare chancel 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 |
| b. (as modifier): choir stalls | |
| 3. | a number of instruments of the same family playing together: a brass choir |
| 4. | great Compare swell Also called: choir organ one of the manuals on an organ controlling a set of soft sweet-toned pipes |
| 5. | any of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology |
| [C13 quer, from Old French cuer, from Latin | |
| 'choirlike | |
| —adj | |
| choir (kwaɪə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an organized group of singers, esp for singing in church services |
| 2. | a. Compare chancel 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 |
| b. (as modifier): choir stalls | |
| 3. | a number of instruments of the same family playing together: a brass choir |
| 4. | great Compare swell Also called: choir organ one of the manuals on an organ controlling a set of soft sweet-toned pipes |
| 5. | any of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology |
| [C13 quer, from Old French cuer, from Latin | |
| 'choirlike | |
| —adj | |
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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.
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