Choir, n.

(kwīr) (38), n. [Fr. chœur, Pr. & Catalan cor, Sp., Pg., & It. coro, Lat. chorus, Gr. χορός; A.-S. & Ger. chor. See CHORUS.]

1. A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service. [Written also quire.]
2. That part of a church appropriated to the singers.
3. (Arch.) That part of a church separated from the nave by a railing or screen, usually of open work, and appropriated to the use of the officiating clergyman; the chancel. “In some convenient places of the chancel or choir.” Strype.
4. The corporate body of a cathedral. Hook.