choir
/kwaɪɚ/ noun B1- A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.
- One quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church, generally used by the choir; often near the apse.
- One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.
- A group of angels, especially when depicted in art.
- Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord.
- Any group or assemblage producing sound together; a chorus of loud cries or noises.
Plural choirs
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And the choir are going to sing four lovely pathetic songs that are pretty near as good as hymns.
When Prissy Andrews, attired in a new pink-silk waist with a string of pearls about her smooth white throat and real carnations in her hair--rumor whispered that the master had sent all the way to town for them for her--“climbed the slimy ladder, dark without one ray of light,” Anne shivered in luxurious sympathy; when the choir sang “Far Above the Gentle Daisies” Anne gazed at the ceiling as if it were frescoed with angels; when Sam Sloane proceeded to explain and illustrate “How Sockery Set a Hen” Anne laughed until people sitting near her laughed too, more out of sympathy with her than with amusement at a selection that was rather threadbare even in Avonlea; and when Mr.
Allan says I have a good voice and she says I must sing in the Sunday-school choir after this.
I’ve longed so to sing in the Sunday-school choir, as Diana does, but I feared it was an honor I could never aspire to.
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