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The definition of a choir is a group of singers, often in a church setting.
(noun)An example of a choir is the members of a church that sing hymns from the front of a church.
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See choir in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a group of singers organized and trained to sing together, esp. in a church
- the part of a church they occupy, as a chancel or choir loft
- ☆ an instrumental section of an orchestra: the brass choir
- any organized group or band, as of dancers
- Theol. any of the nine orders of angels
Origin: < 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
See choir in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- An organized company of singers, especially one performing church music or singing in a church.
- a. The part of a church used by such a company of singers.b. The part of the chancel in a cruciform church that is occupied by this company of singers.
- a. A group of instruments of the same kind: a string choir.b. A division of some pipe organs, containing pipes suitable for accompanying a choir.
- An organized group: a choir of dancers.
- One of the orders of angels.
To sing in chorus.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English quer, quire
Origin: , from Old French cuer
Origin: , from Medieval Latin chorus
Origin: , from Latin, choral dance; see chorus
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