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antichoir

antichoir adjective: opposing a choir.

Adjective

antichoir (comparative more antichoir, superlative most antichoir)

  1. Opposing a choir.
    • Because many choirs were improperly used during this period, an era of antichoir feeling developed shortly after the 1905 Hymnal was published.1953, Microfilm Abstracts, volume 13, page 835
    • As late as 1854, the antichoir members of an Ohio Methodist congregation heckled the choir whenever it tried to sing, hoping to "bring discredit on the singers by creating discord."2008, BYU Studies, volume 47, page 108

Forms of antichoir

comparativemore antichoir
superlativemost antichoir

Origin of antichoir

From anti- + choir.

Questions about antichoir

What does antichoir mean?
Antichoir means opposing a choir.
What part of speech is antichoir?
Antichoir is an adjective.

Words near antichoir in the dictionary

  1. antichlorotic
  2. antichlors
  3. antichoice
  4. antichoicer
  5. antichoicers
  6. antichoir
  7. anticholagogue
  8. anticholagogues
  9. anticholecystokinin
  10. anticholera
  11. anticholeraic

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