See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from See also:

• LAT

Lat. See also:

• CHORUS (Gr. xopbs)Z

chorus; pronounced See also:

• QUIRE (in earlier forms quaer, quaer and quere, from the O. Fr. quaier, modern cahier, a copy-book, manuscript book; Lat. quaterni, set of four, from quattuor)

quire, and until the end of the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)  , the See also:

• BODY

body of singers who perform the musical portion of the service in a See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, or the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place set apart for them . Any organized body of singers per-forming full See also:

• PART

part choral See also:

• WORKS

works or oratorios is also called a See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir . In See also:

• ENGLISH

English cathedrals the choir is composed of men (vicars-choral or See also:

• LAY

lay clerks) and boys (choristers) . They are divided into two sets, sitting on the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south sides of the See also:

• CHANCEL (through O. Fr. from Lat. plur. cancelli, dim. of cancer, grating, lattice, probably connected with an Indo-European root Kar-, to bend; cf. circus, curve, &c.)

chancel respectively, called cantoris and decani, from being on the same See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side as the cantor (See also:

• PRECENTOR (Late Lat. praecentor, from praecipere, to sing before, lead in singing)

precentor) or the decanus (See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

dean) . This arrangement, together with the See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom of vesting choirmen and choristers in surplices (traditional only in cathedrals and collegiate churches), has, since the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, been adopted in a large number of See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish and other churches . Surpliced choirs of See also:

• WOMEN

women have occasionally been introduced, notably in See also:

• AMERICA

America and the See also:

• BRITISH

British colonies, but the practice has no See also:

• WARRANT (Med. Lat. warantum; O. Fr. garant, warant, derived from O.H.G. root represented in modern German bygewdhren)

warrant of traditional usage . In the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic Church the choir plays a less conspicuous role than in the Church of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, its members not being regarded as ministers of the church, and non-Catholics are allowed to sing in it . The singers at See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

Mass or other See also:

• SOLEMN (Lat. sollemnis, sollemnis, less correctly solennis, yearly, annual; from sollus = totus, whole, entire, Gr. Mos., and annus, year)

solemn services are usually placed in a See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery or some other inconspicuous place . The word " choir," indeed, formerly applied to all the See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy taking part in services of the church, and the restriction of the See also:

• TERM

term to the singing men and boys, who were in their origin no more than the representatives to the use of the See also:

• GROTESQUE

grotesque . His See also:

• BROTHER

brother Gottfried (1728–1781) and son Wilhelm.(1765–1803) painted and engraved after the See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style of See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel, and'sometimes co-operated with hitii .