choir

Examples

• All

• That's how Jack and I met, actually, in the church choir.

  WWJD II: The Woodcarver (2012)

• And look at the choir.

  Sparkle (2012)

• -You sang in the church choir every Sunday.

  Rock of Ages (2012)

• I got it all set set up and I'm singing in the choir next week.

• I bet your mam sings in a church choir.

  Jet Boy (2001)

• My aunt sat in the choir and sang of God's blessings.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The bride wants children in the ceremony: ring bearers, flower girls, a choir of pure bell-like voices.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Every Sunday, the choir at our local church sings beautiful hymns.

• During the service, the choir sat in the front, leading the congregation in song.

Synonyms

C

choir loft

vschoir

1 5.1

A raised area in a church where singers sit during services

is the church area between nave and sanctuary, not necessarily raised

Idioms

P

preaching to the choir

• Informal

9 6.5

Telling people something they already agree with

Compounds

C

choir loft

1 5.1

A raised area in a church where singers sit during services

C

choir invisible

• Archaic

1 9.9

People who have died thought of as a group

C

choir stall

1 8.5

A carved wooden seat in a church where priests or singers sit during services

C

choir school

5.2

A school where children learn to sing for church services and study normal school subjects

Surface Forms

Etymology