1
as in hymns
a religious song
practiced a chorale to perform in church
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2
as in choirs
an organized group of singers
a chorale that is regarded as being among the best in the state
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Recent Examples of chorales
The score by Joseph Bishara is shivery with chorales that moan like wraiths in the wind.
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Synchronized blinking faded when the researchers sped up the Bach chorales to 120 beats per minute.
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Jesse Greenspan,
Scientific American,
11 Mar. 2026
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Synchronized blinking faded when the researchers sped up the Bach chorales to 120 beats per minute.
—
Jesse Greenspan,
Scientific American,
11 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chorales
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As mourners talked quietly, nursery rhymes were interspersed with traditional gospel hymns.
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One version sings hymns to a mythic nation always free, always just, always brave, always chosen.
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The party was woven into daily life in these hilltop communities, as Welsh as the mines and ironworks, the chapels and libraries, the male-voice choirs and rugby.
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Born in Glasgow in 1946, Ligertwood grew up singing in choirs and playing piano at home.
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Pre-show festivities kicked off the event with DJs playing hits from their homeland and classic party anthems from the United States.
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And on Saturday, July 4th, raise a glass and enjoy an evening filled with ice-cold brews, delicious bites and a soundtrack of classic rock, country and all-American anthems.
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Notorious Knicks villains such as Trae Young, Joel Embiid and CJ McCollum received similarly contentious choruses in recent postseasons.
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People themselves keep those choruses alive.
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Take The Music Lesson, a study of a young woman playing the virginal, closely watched by a gentleman, which Graham-Dixon reads as a depiction of Collegiants chastely performing and singing psalms.
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Over the course of Gregory Orr’s long career, his poems have become increasingly incantatory, more and more like chants or psalms, repeating, reformulating, reaching for the edges of the same rich metaphors.
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“Chorales.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chorales. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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