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Choral :: Choral (a.) Of or pertaining to a choir or chorus; singing, sung, or adapted to be sung, in chorus or harmony..

Quire :: Quire (n.) See Choir.

Chevet :: Chevet (n.) The extreme end of the chancel or choir; properly the round or polygonal part.

Manductor :: Manductor (n.) A conductor; an officer in the ancient church who gave the signal for the choir to sing, and who beat time with the hand, and regulated the music..

Lecturn :: Lecturn (n.) A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read; hence, a reading desk. [Written also lectern and lettern.].

Chorister :: Chorister (n.) One of a choir; a singer in a chorus.

Retrochoir :: Retrochoir (n.) Any extension of a church behind the high altar, as a chapel; also, in an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the altar..

Convert :: Convert (n.) A lay friar or brother, permitted to enter a monastery for the service of the house, but without orders, and not allowed to sing in the choir..

Chorist :: Chorist (n.) A singer in a choir; a chorister.

Procession :: Procession (n.) An orderly and ceremonial progress of persons, either from the sacristy to the choir, or from the choir around the church, within or without..

Male :: Male (v. t.) Consisting of males; as, a male choir..

Screen :: Screen (n.) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like..

Secular :: Secular (n.) A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.

Antiphone :: Antiphone (n.) The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or signing.

Choir :: Choir (n.) The chancel.

Chore :: Chore (n.) A choir or chorus.

Kapelle :: Kapelle (n.) A chapel; hence, the choir or orchestra of a prince's chapel; now, a musical establishment, usually orchestral..

Chorus :: Chorus (n.) Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir in singer or choir in singing such parts..

Cantoris :: Cantoris (a.) Of or pertaining to a cantor; as, the cantoris side of a choir; a cantoris stall..

Tapered :: Tapered (a.) Lighted with a taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir..

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