Choir

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  • noun. An organized company of singers, especially one performing church music or singing in a church.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The part of a church used by such a company of singers.
  • noun. The part of the chancel in a cruciform church that is occupied by this company of singers.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A group of instruments of the same kind.
  • noun. A division of some pipe organs, containing pipes suitable for accompanying a choir.
  • noun. An organized group.
  • noun. One of the orders of angels.
  • intransitive verb. To sing in chorus.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To sing in company.
  • noun. All that part of a cruciform church which is beyond, eastward of or farther from the main entrance than the transept; the eastern arm of the cross: so named because the choir proper (see def. 3) is usually in that part of the church and occupies nearly all of it.
  • noun. A group of instruments of the same class or of related organ-stops, as a trombone choir, a diapason choir, etc.
  • noun. Any company of singers.
  • noun. An organized company of singers. Especially, such a company employed in church service.
  • noun. A choral society, especially one that performs sacred music. In eight-part music a chorus is divided into first and second choirs. In the Anglican Church, an official body consisting of the minor canons, the choral vicars, and the choristers connected with a cathedral, whose function is to perform the daily choral service. Such a choir is divided into two sections, called decani and cantoris, sitting on the right and left sides respectively; of these the decani side forms the leading or principal section. See cantoris, decani.
  • noun. That part of a church which is, or is considered as, appropriated for the use of the singers.
  • noun. A company; a band, originally of persons dancing to music: loosely applied to an assembly for any ceremonial purpose.
  • noun. Formerly and still occasionally quire.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service.
  • noun. That part of a church appropriated to the singers.
  • noun. The chancel.
  • noun. one of the three or five distinct organs included in the full organ, each separable from the rest, but all controlled by one performer; a portion of the full organ, complete in itself, and more practicable for ordinary service and in the accompanying of the vocal choir.
  • noun. a screen or low wall separating the choir from the aisles.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. the service of singing performed by the choir.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Singing group; group of people who sing together; company of people who are trained to sing together
  • noun. The part of a church where the choir assembles for song
  • noun. one of the nine ranks or orders of angels
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a family of similar musical instrument playing together
  • noun. a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony
  • noun. the area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave
  • verb. sing in a choir