Căutare în Webster - Dicționarul explicativ al limbii engleze

Pentru căutare rapidă introduceți minim 3 litere.

 

CHOIR - Definiția din dicționar

Traducere: română


Notă: Puteţi căuta fiecare cuvânt din cadrul definiţiei printr-un simplu click pe cuvântul dorit.

Choir (?), n. [OE. quer, OF. cuer, F. chœur, fr. L. chorus a choral dance, chorus, choir, fr. Gr. &unr_;, orig. dancing place; prob. akin to &unr_; inclosure, L. hortus garden, and E. yard. See Chorus.] 1. A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service. [Formerly written also quire.]
[1913 Webster]

2. That part of a church appropriated to the singers.
[1913 Webster]

3. (Arch.) The chancel.
[1913 Webster]

Choir organ (Mus.), one of the three or five distinct organs included in the full organ, each separable from the rest, but all controlled by one performer; a portion of the full organ, complete in itself, and more practicable for ordinary service and in the accompanying of the vocal choir. -- Choir screen, Choir wall (Arch.), a screen or low wall separating the choir from the aisles. -- Choir service, the service of singing performed by the choir. T. Warton.
[1913 Webster]