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Choir

see synonyms of choir

Noun

1. choir

a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony

2. choir, consort

a family of similar musical instrument playing together

3. choir

the area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave

Verb

4. choir, chorus

sing in a choir

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Choir

see synonyms of choir
noun
1. 
an organized group of singers, esp for singing in church services
2. 
a. 
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
b. 
(as modifier)
choir stalls
3. 
a number of instruments of the same family playing together
a brass choir
4. Also called: choir organ
one of the manuals on an organ controlling a set of soft sweet-toned pipes
Compare great (sense 21), swell (sense 16)
5. 
any of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology
6.  preach to the choir

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Choir

see synonyms of choir
noun
1. 
a group of singers organized and trained to sing together, esp. in a church
2. 
the part of a church they occupy, as a chancel or choir loft
3.  US
an instrumental section of an orchestra
the brass choir
4. 
any organized group or band, as of dancers
5.  Theology
any of the nine orders of angels
verb transitive, verb intransitive
6.  OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic
to sing in chorus

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Choir

see synonyms of choir
n.
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.
intr.v. choired, choir·ing, choirs
To sing in chorus.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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