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Sacrist :: Sacrist (n.) A sacristan; also, a person retained in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir, and take care of the books..

Chorus :: Chorus (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..

Antiphone :: Antiphone (n.) The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or signing.

Nave :: Nave (n.) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances, or, if there are no transepts, from the choir to the principal entrance, but not including the aisles..

Choir :: Choir (n.) The chancel.

Semichorus :: Semichorus (n.) A half chorus; a passage to be sung by a selected portion of the voices, as the female voices only, in contrast with the full choir..

Chapel :: Chapel (n.) A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman..

Screen :: Screen (n.) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like..

Antiphonal :: Antiphonal (a.) Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs..

Choir :: Choir (n.) A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service..

Lecturn :: Lecturn (n.) A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read; hence, a reading desk. [Written also lectern and lettern.].

Chore :: Chore (n.) A choir or chorus.

Chorally :: Chorally (adv.) In the manner of a chorus; adapted to be sung by a choir; in harmony.

Leader :: Leader (n.) A performer who leads a band or choir in music; also, in an orchestra, the principal violinist; the one who plays at the head of the first violins..

Retrochoir :: Retrochoir (n.) Any extension of a church behind the high altar, as a chapel; also, in an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the altar..

Capellmeister :: Capellmeister (n.) The musical director in royal or ducal chapel; a choir-master.

Cantor :: Cantor (n.) A singer; esp. the leader of a church choir; a precentor.

Male :: Male (v. t.) Consisting of males; as, a male choir..

Chorister :: Chorister (n.) One who leads a choir in church music.

Cantoris :: Cantoris (a.) Of or pertaining to a cantor; as, the cantoris side of a choir; a cantoris stall..

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