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choir

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noun/kwaɪə(ɹ)//kwɑə(ɹ)~ kwɑː(ɹ)//kwaɪɚ/
  1. 1

    A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.collective

    • The church choir practices Thursday nights.
  2. 2

    One quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church, generally used by the choir; often near the apse.

    • 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 f
  3. 3

    One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.Christian

    • Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones are three of the choirs of angels.
  4. 4

    A group of angels, especially when depicted in art.collective

    • She is surrounded by a choir of angels
    • The right wing contains S. Francis receiving the Stigmata, beneath which the Virgin and Saviour (the Saviour is in the act of benediction) are represented on a common throne surrounded by a choir of angels.
  5. 5

    Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord.

  6. 6

    Any group or assemblage producing sound together; a chorus of loud cries or noises.figuratively

    • Sow ran and squall'd, While Jack he bawl'd, And Jill join'd in the choir, Dog Ball being near, Bit sow by the ear, And threw Jack into the mire.
verb/kwaɪə(ɹ)//kwɑə(ɹ)~ kwɑː(ɹ)//kwaɪɚ/
  1. 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.

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