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choir definition

choir (kwīr)

noun

  1. a group of singers organized and trained to sing together, esp. in a church
  2. the part of a church they occupy, as a chancel or choir loft
  3. ☆ an instrumental section of an orchestra the brass choir
  4. any organized group or band, as of dancers
  5. Theol. any of the nine orders of angels

Etymology: < ME quere < OFr cuer < ML chorus, choir < L (see chorus); sp. altered under infl. of L

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Old Poet. to sing in chorus

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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