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plural choirs
A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together. quotations examples
Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company
(architecture) The part of a church where the choir assembles for song. quotations examples
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 collars, and red neckbands.
(Christian angelology) One of the nine ranks or orders of angels. examples
Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord. examples
third-person singular simple present choirs or quires, present participle choiring or quiring, simple past and past participle choired or quired
(intransitive) To sing in concert. quotations examples
The great aim of this book is to secure congregational singing, which the churches must come to, at last, after a long interval of choiring.
1859, The Presbyterian Magazine, volume 9, page 423