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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024choir /kwaɪr/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Music and Dancea group of singers, esp. performing in a church service.
- Music and Dancea group of instruments of the same kind:a brass choir.
See -chor-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024choir (kwīər),USA pronunciation n. - Music and Dancea company of singers, esp. an organized group employed in church service.
- Music and Danceany 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.
- Religion(in medieval angelology) one of the orders of angels.
adj. - Religionprofessed to recite or chant the divine office:a choir monk.
v.t., v.i. - Music and Danceto sing or sound in chorus.
- Latin
- Latin chorus chorus; replacing Old English chor choir
- Old French cuer
- Middle English quer 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: choir /kwaɪə/ n - 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
- 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
Etymology: 13th Century quer, from Old French cuer, from Latin chorus |