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choir
[kwahyuhr]
noun
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.
adjective
professed to recite or chant the divine office.
a choir monk.
verb (used with or without object)
to sing or sound in chorus.
choir
/ ɲɪə /
noun
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 swell
any of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology
Other 51Թ Forms
- choirlike adjective
- ˈǾˌ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of choir1
Idioms and Phrases
preach to the choir. preach to the choir.
Example Sentences
His domineering and abusive father encouraged his son to practise on toy musical instruments; by the age of eight, he was a consummate piano player and a regular in a local church choir.
At the same time, a 1,000-voice choir will unite in what organisers call "a powerful mantra for peace", around the Flame of Hope - which unites 15 sacred flames from around the world.
Ms Luckett, like many who were raised in the Mississippi Delta, grew up listening to locally-crafted Blues music and singing in her church choir.
Michael Abels’ score features a choir of female voices, opts for something that one might well identify as ancient Greek music even with no notion of what ancient Greek music might have sounded like.
In Susanna Kwan’s debut novel, she asks whether those songs may be sung if there are no choirs to sing them.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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