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Choir   /kwˈaɪər/   Listen
Choir

noun
1.
A chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony.
2.
A family of similar musical instrument playing together.  Synonym: consort.
3.
The area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave.
verb
1.
Sing in a choir.  Synonym: chorus.



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"Choir" Quotes from Famous Books



... to be a little of neither with me, Dr. May,' said Averil. 'I shall have nothing to do with my choir on week-days, till I have sent these ...
— The Trial - or, More Links of the Daisy Chain • Charlotte M. Yonge
... imagine excuses for him. The few words reported to her by Dame Tremblay she repeated with silently moving lips and tender reiteration. They lingered in her ear like the fugue of a strain of music, sung by a choir of angelic spirits. "Those were his very words, dame?" added she again, repeating them—not for inquiry, but for ...
— The Golden Dog - Le Chien d'Or • William Kirby
... groan of horror went up from those miserable women, who already saw themselves seated in stained robes, and hideous to behold, there in the carved chairs of their choir, awaiting death by the swords of furious and savage men, as in a day to come their sisters of the Faith were to await it in the doomed convent of the Virgins of St. Clare ...
— The Brethren • H. Rider Haggard
... church. A beautiful casket of carved ivory and pearl was presented to us, containing engrossed copies of the addresses delivered by the students. There was singing of hymns, both in English and in Telugu, by choir and congregation. The beauty of it all was its spontaneity and naturalness, for the pupils themselves had planned and ...
— A Tour of the Missions - Observations and Conclusions • Augustus Hopkins Strong
... Church of Raymond believed in having the best music that money could buy, and its quartet choir this morning was a source of great pleasure to the congregation. The anthem was inspiring. All the music was in keeping with the subject of the sermon. And the anthem was an elaborate adaptation to the most modern ...
— In His Steps • Charles M. Sheldon


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