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choir English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word choir once they have reached the level C1 – Advanced. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning choir meaning

What does choir mean?

Definitions in simple English

choir Noun

— a group of singers, especially in church The choir sang Jingle Bells

choir

— noun a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony

— noun a family of similar musical instrument playing together

— noun the area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave

— verb sing in a choir

Synonyms choir synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as choir?

choir English » English

chorus

consort

valve

testa

test

skin

skim

singers

singer

shindig

shell

section

rind

quire

peel

paring

pallium

mantle

loft

jacket

investment

integument

incrustation

husk

hull

gallery

episperm

envelope

ensemble

encrustation

dancing

dance

crust

cotillion

cortex

cornhusk

concert

church choir

chorus line

chorus group

choristers

chorale

choral singing

choir loft

chancel

casing

bema

bark

Topics choir topics

What do people use choir to talk about?

Social behavior Social activity Music

Musician

• What words refer to a person who performs music?
  musician singer player performer band member choir member
• What is a group of musicians called?
  choir ensemble singing group soloist duo trio quartet band dance band concert band marching band brass band orchestra full orchestra string quartet chamber orchestra

Social behavior Social activity Music

Sing

• What words refer to a group of people singing together?
  choir chorale singing group duet trio ensemble

Social behavior Social activity Music

Play music

• Where is music played?
  concert hall opera house music hall auditorium band stand choir loft orchestra pit

Social behavior Religion Religious things

Place of worship

• What are the parts of a church?
  pew altar pulpit choir loft baptismal font stained glass window steeple

Work and occupation Working with buildings Parts of a building

Room

• What kinds of rooms are there in a church?
  foyer sanctuary meeting hall worship center baptistery classroom pastor's study vestibule belfry choir loft balcony

Examples choir examples

How do I use choir in a sentence?

Simple sentences

My wife sings in the ladies' choir.

Mary sings in the church choir.

But not in front of the choir.

But not before choir practice.

Singing in a choir is good for the soul.

The music alone wasn't enough to give voice to his feelings. A mighty choir was required!

You sing in the choir, don't you?

Tom sings in the church choir.

We have choir practice every Monday.

To join the choir, you have to be able to read music.

You have to audition to join the choir.

Mrs. Allan says I have a good voice and she says I must sing in the Sunday-school choir.

She sings in the choir.

Mary sings in a choir.

She has been invited to sing in a choir in a foreign country.

Tom sings in a church choir.

You're preaching to the choir.

My daughter sings in the choir.

We sang in the choir when we were children.

Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the national anthem of the Russian Federation performed by the Sretensky Monastery Choir.

Tom is also in the choir.

Tom sang in the church choir.

Tom sang in the choir at church.

Tom and Mary sang in the choir together.

Movie subtitles

In the choir with Father McNeil?

I sing in the choir every Sunday, and I had the lead in our high-school play.

St. Dominic's needs a choir, and I want to start one.

The star, Genevieve Linden and a choir of 30 voices.

And at Christmas, you and the choir will be able to.

They were poor, but they had five happy and harmonious years before my arrival sent Papa off to join the heavenly choir.

We sing that in our choir down at the station.

I was fond of a good psalm singing in a little church choir, but I saw that the world cringed before your Almighty only through fear.

Little Bonaparte and Toothpick Charlie will be singin' in the same choir again.

Maybe sing with the choir.

You have roofs over your heads. fuel for your fires, a new schoolroom. a choir that sings in tune.

Her mother's a teacher, father's a druggist, brother's an eagle scout and she sang in the church choir.

Choir practice?

Choir, halt!

Sort of. I sing in the choir too.

He's grabbed off the Metropolitan Opera House with the full orchestra. conducted by this fellow Tommaso. whatever his name is. The star, Genevieve Linden and a choir of 30 voices.

I want you to take my place with the choir.

Fencing, modeling, choir?

At home, I'm conducting the Choir.

The church choir has been practising hymns for Sunday mass.

In church, the choir was practising pious, festive songs from olden times.

The heavenly choir?

A choir, from one entire family.

A choir in leather shorts!

Who are the choir boys?

You'll find the vicar at choir practice.

I'll ask him to the office for choir practice.

They consisted of a small choir to the east and a nave to the west.

In the choir, the priest celebrated Holy Mass at the altar.

To the east they have the round choir.

The choir vault, just like the walls, was a picture Bible of frescoes.

The Corbie gables on the nave and the choir are from the same time, as is the tower.

And then we are left with the oldest stone church, the small Romanesque building with only a choir and a nave.

The crucifix and the figures are now placed on the choir wall, but were placed over the choir arch in Catholic times.

News and current affairs

A choir of prominent American economists, including Paul Krugman, Kenneth Rogoff, and Nouriel Roubini, claimed that Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania must also devalue.

Last year, Russia's Patriarch Aleksei gave his blessing to a visit to Moscow by the Catholic girls' choir of the Saint Danilov monastery.

Think of it as the order of the church choir, where individual members cooperate on the basis of a shared culture and values.