Chō'rus, n.

[Lat. chorus, Gr. χορός, a dance in a ring, a dance accompanied with song; a chorus, a band of dancers and singers. See CHOIR.] 1. (Antiq.) A band of singers and dancers. The Grecian tragedy was at first nothing but a chorus of singers. Dryden.

2. (Gr. Drama.) A company of persons who are supposed to behold what passes in the acts of a tragedy, and who sing their sentiments in couplets or verses between the acts.
3. A band of singers; a company of singers singing in concert.
4. What is spoken or sung by the chorus in a tragedy, or by the whole choir; the part of a song in which the company join the singer.

*What the lofty, grave tragedians taught In chorus or iambic. Milton.*