choir

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From Old French quer < Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (choros) “company of dancers or singers”. In Middle English spelled as quer, quere; modern spelling influenced by chorus and Modern French chœur.

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Singular
choir

Plural
choirs

choir (plural choirs)

  1. singing group; group of people who sing together; company of people who are trained to sing together
    The church choir practices Thursday nights.
  2. the part of a church where the choir assembles for song
  3. (Christian angelology) one of the nine ranks or orders of angels
    Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones are three of the choirs of angels.

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From Latin cadere.

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IPA: /ʃwaʁ/

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choir (past participle chu)

  1. (archaic) to fall

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[edit] Irish

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  • IPA: [xɛɾʲ]

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choir

  1. Mutated form of coir.
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