choir
[ kwahyuh r ]
/ kwaɪər /
noun
a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
any group of musicians or musical instruments; a musical company, or band, or a division of one: string choir.
Architecture.
- the part of a church occupied by the singers of the choir.
- the part of a cruciform church east of the crossing.
(in medieval angelology) one of the orders of angels.
adjective
professed to recite or chant the divine office: a choir monk.
verb (used with or without object)
to sing or sound in chorus.
Origin of choir
1250–1300; Middle English
quer < Old French
cuer < Latin
chorus
chorus; replacing Old English
chor choir < Latin
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British Dictionary definitions for choir
choir
/ (kwaɪə) /
noun
an organized group of singers, esp for singing in church services
- 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 clergyCompare chancel
- (as modifier)choir stalls
a number of instruments of the same family playing together
a brass choir
Also called: choir organ
one of the manuals on an organ controlling a set of soft sweet-toned pipes
Compare great (def. 21), swell (def. 16)
any of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology
Archaic spelling:
quire
Derived forms of choir
choirlike, adjectiveWord Origin for choir
C13
quer, from Old French
cuer, from Latin
chorus