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chorus

CHORUS, n.

1. A number of singers; a company of persons singing in concert.

2. The persons who are supposed to behold what passes in the acts of a tragedy, and sing their sentiments between the acts.

3. The song between the acts of a tragedy.

4. Verses of a song in which the company join the singer; or the union of a company with a singer, in repeating certain couplets or verses, at certain periods in a song.

5. A musical composition of two or more parts.

6. Among the Greeks, a chorus consisted of a number of singers and dancers.


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CHORUS, n.

1. A number of singers; a company of persons singing in concert.

2. The persons who are supposed to behold what passes in the acts of a tragedy, and sing their sentiments between the acts.

3. The song between the acts of a tragedy.

4. Verses of a song in which the company join the singer; or the union of a company with a singer, in repeating certain couplets or verses, at certain periods in a song.

5. A musical composition of two or more parts.

6. Among the Greeks, a chorus consisted of a number of singers and dancers.

CHO'RUS, n. [L. chorus; Gr. χορος; Sax. chor; Fr. chœur; D. choor or koor; Sp. and It. coro; Ir. cora; W. côr. In Welsh, the word signifies a round or circle, a choir. If the primary sense is a circle, or a company, the word may be referred to the Ar. كَارَ kaura, to go round, to collect, to bind; or to كَرَّ karra, to return, to repeat. Class Gr, No. 32, 34. If the radical sense is to sing or shout, it may be allied to Gr. χαιρω. The former is most probable.]

  1. A number of singers; a company of persons singing in concert. – Dryden. Pope. Addison.
  2. The persons who are supposed to behold what passes in the acts of a tragedy, and sing their sentiments between the acts. – Shak. Johnson.
  3. The song between the acts of a tragedy. – Johnson.
  4. Verses of a song in which the company join the singer; or the union of a company with a singer, in repeating certain couplets or verses, at certain periods in a song. – Johnson. Encyc.
  5. A musical composition of two or more parts.
  6. Among the Greeks, a chorus consisted of a number of singers and dancers.

Cho"rus
  1. A band of singers and dancers.

    The Grecian tragedy was at first nothing but a chorus of singers.
    Dryden.

  2. To sing in chorus] to exclaim simultaneously.

    W. D. Howells.
  3. A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in couplets or verses between the acts; also, that which was thus sung by the chorus.

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

  4. An interpreter in a dumb show or play.

    [Obs.]
  5. A company of singers singing in concert.
  6. A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices.
  7. 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.
  8. The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.
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Chorus

CHORUS, noun

1. A number of singers; a company of persons singing in concert.

2. The persons who are supposed to behold what passes in the acts of a tragedy, and sing their sentiments between the acts.

3. The song between the acts of a tragedy.

4. Verses of a song in which the company join the singer; or the union of a company with a singer, in repeating certain couplets or verses, at certain periods in a song.

5. A musical composition of two or more parts.

6. Among the Greeks, a chorus consisted of a number of singers and dancers.

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