The Collaborative International Dictionary
Choir \Choir\, n. [OE. quer, OF. cuer, F. ch[oe]ur, fr. L. chorus a choral dance, chorus, choir, fr. Gr. ?, orig. dancing place; prob. akin to ? inclosure, L. hortus garden, and E. yard. See Chorus.]
A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service. [Formerly written also quire.]
That part of a church appropriated to the singers.
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(Arch.) The chancel.
Choir organ (Mus.), one of the three or five distinct organs included in the full organ, each separable from the rest, but all controlled by one performer; a portion of the full organ, complete in itself, and more practicable for ordinary service and in the accompanying of the vocal choir.
Choir screen, Choir wall (Arch.), a screen or low wall separating the choir from the aisles.
Choir service, the service of singing performed by the choir.
--T. Warton.
Usage examples of "choir screen".
A murmur of surprise and curiosity rippled through the congregation, quickly subsiding as the procession melted back to either side of the choir screen to frame the new archbishop coming forward to stand there on the steps.
Following a moment's further light converse regarding the plans for the evening, Derry appeared in the arch of the choir screen and indicated that the sacristy was clear of clergy.
It had been invisible from the nave because of the ornamental wooden choir screen.
Taking several steps back from the tomb, Langdon peered around the choir screen to his right, across the nave to the side opposite that which they had descended.
At that moment, a hundred yards down the nave, out of sight behind the choir screen, the stately tomb of Sir Isaac Newton had a lone visitor.
Well, in a cathedral you have the nave, then the transept, and then the apse, and around the apse is the choir screen.
He took me through a little door in the middle of the choir screen, and there was his little bed and a little table with a lamp on it.