CHOIR, n. 1. A collection of singers, especially in divine service, in a church.2. Any collection of singers.3. That part of a church appropriated for the singers, separated from the chancel and the nave. In congregational and some other churches, the singers are placed in certain seats in the galleries.4. In nunneries, a large hall adjoining to the body of the church, separated by a grate, where the nuns sing the office.
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