choir loft
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈkwaɪər lɔft/
:
tribuna del coro
- To his right, a flight of narrow, uncovered stairs to the choir loft and organ.
- stairs to the choir loft
Examples
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No doubt the Lord himself must have looked down from heaven the day Ellis first noticed Rebecca in the choir loft.
Fiction book (1992) -
He dashed up to the choir loft and met Lori, pale and trembling, at the top of the steps.
Fiction book (1991) -
Footsteps ascended into the choir loft.
Fiction book (1991) -
From the choir loft beside the huge pipe organ, Lori could see them all.
Fiction book (1991) -
I guess it was good to have such a strong indication that so many of our congregation were actively following along, but from where we sat in the choir loft it was a bit too funny.
Blog text (9) -
For Dad's memorial service, every pew, every folding chair, and every seat in the choir loft was filled, and John recognized many faces, some a lot older, some pretty much the same.
Fiction book (1992) -
Fortunately, we can sway all we want because we're in the back, in the choir loft, where nobody sees us unless they're hanging out with us, the spiders, and the organ pipes.
Blog text (4) -
Jacob Kalner and Mark had climbed into the choir loft to tell Lori everything they had seen out there, but now they, too, had dropped off into the deep, dreamless sleep of exhaustion.
Fiction book (1991) -
In the choir loft, old Modesta Gonzalez was playing traditional wedding music on the new church organ with a gusto calculated to impress Father Vandermeer, who she was certain was urging Monsignor to replace her with a younger and more energetic musician.
Fiction book (1990) -
At the back of the church, stairs led up to a choir loft.
Synonyms
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3.4
The part of a church near the front where the singers sit
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from 'choir' (the singers' area) + 'loft' (an elevated upper space), so the phrase denotes an elevated gallery where the choir sits. This straightforward noun+noun composition is cross-linguistically common and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Choir loft comes from churches where the singing group, the choir, sat in a raised area, the loft, high above the people so their voices could be heard. That's why choir loft means 'a raised gallery in a church where the choir sits'.