choir

noun

\ ˈkwī(-ə)r

Definition of choir

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : an organized company of singers (as in a church service) greeted by a large male choir wearing red bowties and singing carols — New Yorker

2 : a group of instruments of the same class a brass choir

3 : an organized group of persons or things … travels with a suite of assistants and a choir of publicists.— L. R. Lapham

4 : a division of angels

5 : the part of a church occupied by the singers or by the clergy also : the part of a church where the services are performed

6 : a group organized for ensemble speaking

choir

verb

choired; choiring; choirs

Definition of choir (Entry 2 of 2)

intransitive verb

: to sing or sound in chorus or concert The woodwinds choired eloquently.

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Examples of choir in a Sentence

Noun

joined the choir for next year

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

Despite that seemingly welcoming message, in 2015, when it was revealed that the leader of Hillsong's choir in New York was in a homosexual relationship with a singer, Brian Houston announced that the church was against the relationship. — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, "What You Need to Know About Hillsong Church and the Celebs Who Attend It," 3 Aug. 2018 The commencement included musical performances by senior members of the school choir and remarks from the Class of 2018’s Salutatorian Logan Colon and Valedictorian Monique Anderson. — Steven Goode, Courant Community, "At Bloomfield High: 'You Leave A Unique, Amazing Group'," 20 June 2018 Tiffany Marquez, a fan who attended the game, took video of the makeshift choir. — Christopher Brito, CBS News, "Crowd boos when there's no national anthem at softball game, sings it anyway," 27 May 2018 Several special guests will join the choir, including the The Inter-Denominational Mass Choir for All People. — Grace Dickinson, Philly.com, "Philly's amazing church-music concert scene is now at its Easter best," 14 Mar. 2018 People on social media then chimed in with their own responses, joining the choir of emojis. — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, "Someone Reedited "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" and Removed All the Women," 17 Jan. 2018 Delmonte Johnson loved sports and sang in the church choir. — Jewel Wicker, Teen Vogue, "Anti-Gun Activist Delmonte Johnson Died After Being Shot in Chicago," 7 Sep. 2018 Hunter was a shy introvert who nevertheless sang in the church choir and was a competitive figure skater. — Gina Piccalo, latimes.com, "Actor Tab Hunter dies at 86; '50s heartthrob's career ranged from 'Battle Cry' to 'Polyester'," 9 July 2018 His singing in choir grew into performing operettas and in plays. — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Suburban Milwaukee band The Cheap Shots celebrates 10 year anniversary at Wednesday Night Live July 11," 28 June 2018

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

The event took place at Fildelfia Chruch on Monday and saw singers from the Happy Voices choir take part in the rendition. — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, "A year ago an EDM festival invaded the Texas RenFest grounds and the neighbors were miffed," 1 May 2018 Later on, Hughes spoke to choir students at Brookfield Central about his journey, living in New York, acting and, of course, the Tony nominations. — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "A Brookfield Central graduate, and 'Frozen' musical star, just had his show nominated for 3 Tony Awards," 1 May 2018 From Snapchat filters to choir singalongs, the bigger the stunt, the better — with plenty of behind-the-scenes coordination to make sure the stunt goes off without a hitch. — Allie Volpe, Teen Vogue, "Have Promposals Gotten Too Extra?," 24 Apr. 2018 Within sleep, all the hidden things choiring like starlings. — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, "Pretty Girls Turned Hungry Ghosts," 27 Feb. 2018 The red-coated Philadelphia boys choir singing along to the storm. — Ellen Dunkel, Philly.com, "Pennsylvania Ballet delivers the Christmas magic in 'Nutcracker'," 10 Dec. 2017 Bastyr has truly remarkable acoustics -- how brass swells build and choir blends in that room is extraordinary -- and the Northwest Sinfonia’s players gave us great performances of some very challenging music. — Brian Leak, Billboard, "'Middle-earth: Shadow Of War' Composers on the Pressures of Scoring Tolkien-Inspired Video Games," 1 Nov. 2017 And while the real Kate (who is no stranger to choir performances!) won’t be in attendance, her lookalikes are doing her proud. — Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com, "There’s an All-Female Choir in Britain That Dresses Up as Kate Middleton — and It’s Perfection," 26 Oct. 2017 The show, written by Nancy Hersage and directed by William Liberatore, was a fundraiser for the Gunn High Tour Scholarship fund, which is to help choir students get to Ireland for the June tour. — John Orr, The Mercury News, "‘And Then There Were Nuns’ sung to support Gunn High Choir tour," 13 Feb. 2017

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