choir

(kwīr)

1. An organized company of singers, especially one performing church music or singing in a church.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. An organized group: a choir of dancers.
5. One of the orders of angels.