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Choir
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- 1 A city in Govisümber, Mongolia.
"The United States may seek access rights to an air base built by the Soviets outside the city of Choir in Mongolia."
- 1 A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.
"The church choir practices Thursday nights."
- 2 the area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave wordnet
- 3 Uncommon form of quire (“one quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church used by the choir, often near the apse”). form-of, uncommon
"Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands."
- 4 a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony wordnet
- 5 One of the nine ranks or orders of angels. Christian
"Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones are three of the choirs of angels."
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- 6 a family of similar musical instrument playing together wordnet
- 7 Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord.
- 1 To sing in concert. intransitive
"The great aim of this book is to secure congregational singing, which the churches must come to, at last, after a long interval of choiring."
- 2 sing in a choir wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English quer, quere, from Old French quer, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”). Modern spelling influenced by chorus and French chœur. Doublet of quire, chorus, and hora.
From Middle English quer, quere, from Old French quer, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”). Modern spelling influenced by chorus and French chœur. Doublet of quire, chorus, and hora.
From Mongolian Чойр (Čojr).
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