English Dictionary

choir

IPA（発音記号）

/kwaɪə(ɹ)/

名詞

キリスト教

A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together. / (architecture) The part of a church where the choir assembles for song.

日本語の意味

合唱団 / 聖歌隊席（教会内で合唱団が歌のために集う場所）

The choir practiced every evening to prepare for the winter concert.

合唱団は冬のコンサートに備えて毎晩練習した。

意味（1）

A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.

Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.

意味（2）

(architecture) The part of a church where the choir assembles for song.

Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.

意味（3）

(Christian angelology) One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.

Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones are three of the choirs of angels.

意味（4）

Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord.

choirs （ plural ）