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choir loft

noun

Definition of choir loft 

: a gallery occupied by a church choir

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 Redfyre’s pleasure comes to an abrupt end, however, when someone shoves the gifted trumpeter Juno Proudfoot down the steps of the choir loft. — Marilyn Stasio, New York Times, "Missing Bodies, Missing Killers, Deadly Missed Opportunities," 25 May 2018

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1929, in the meaning defined above

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