Definition of "choir" []

• An organized company of singers, especially one performing church music or singing in a church. (noun)
• The part of a church used by such a company of singers. (noun)
• The part of the chancel in a cruciform church that is occupied by this company of singers. (noun)
• A group of instruments of the same kind: a string choir. (noun)
• A division of some pipe organs, containing pipes suitable for accompanying a choir. (noun)

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• "These various names were, in the Middle Ages, mostly superseded by the term choir, which in turn yielded to the modern term sanctuary."
• "Preaching to the choir is a legitimate enterprise."
• "The problem is, the choir is asleep and will not wake up."