the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
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Bible Dictionaries
Chorus
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.
(2):
(n.) A band of singers and dancers.
(3):
(n.) 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.
(4):
(n.) A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices.
(5):
(n.) 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.
(6):
(n.) A company of singers singing in concert.
(7):
(n.) An interpreter in a dumb show or play.
(8):
(v. i.) To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Chorus'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/chorus.html. 1828.
