choirs

Noun

choir (plural choirs)

1. (collective) A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.
   • The church choir practices Thursday nights.
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 flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
3. (Christian) One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.
   • Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones are three of the choirs of angels.
4. (collective) A group of angels, especially when depicted in art.
   • She is surrounded by a choir of angels1876, John Murray, A Handbook for Travellers in Holland and Belgium, page 146
5. Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord.
6. (figuratively) Any group or assemblage producing sound together; a chorus of loud cries or noises.
   • 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.1810, Jack and Jill, and old Dame Gill, York: J. Kendrew, page 12

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