A flight of steps on each side the choir leads below.
The choir is celebrated as the spot where Gregory the Tenth held the second council general of Lyons, in the year 1274.
On the right of the choir is the altar of the "Sacre Coeur," on either side of which hang strings of silver hearts as big as the palm of the hand, offerings of the faithful!
It was the soul of his brother, the missionary Cedd, come with a choir of angels to solace the last hours of Ceadda.
Alone of his race Fulk the Good waged no wars: his delight was to sit in the choir of Tours and to be called "Canon.
Thomas was hurried by his clerks into the cathedral, but as he reached the steps leading from the transept to the choir his pursuers burst in from the cloisters.
Two years later (1480) he painted in rivalry with Ghirlandaio a grand figure of St Augustine on the choir screen of the Ognissanti; now removed to another part of the church.
The Jardin de l'Archeveche, a pleasant terrace-garden, adjoins the choir of the cathedral.
During his apprentice years Sandro was no doubt employed with other pupils upon the great series of frescoes in the choir of the Pieve at Prato upon which his master was for long intermittently engaged.
Beneath the choir there is a crypt of Romanesque construction, where traces of the Roman fosses are to be found; the two lateral portals are also survivals of a Romanesque church.
Jack moved uncomfortably in his new suit of clothes, while Hazel from her choir seat telegraphed her convictions that the dominie was right, just to plague Jack.
The choir stood up, the leader struck the key with his tuning fork, and when the "pitch" was duly recognized the last hymn was sung, followed by the doxology and benediction.
There is one signed altar-piece by him, "The Conception of the Virgin," in the choir of S.
It represents the "Choir of Martyrs," a group of seven figures.
Like the other works in this choir it is very badly lighted, and the photograph is also indistinct.
The other wood-wind instruments follow the flutes, so as to keep the wood-choir together.
Clergy and choristers intoned the hymn, "Tu es Petrus," as the Pontiff entered the majestic cathedral from the transept, and proceeded to his throne in the center of the choir to the right of the high altar.
Above them is a choir of angels rejoicing in various attitudes, appropriately carrying theological symbols in their hands.
Gimignano, which is something in the style of Ugolino of Siena and is now behind the high altar of the Pieve facing the choir of the priests.
Croce, where he had done the St Christopher, the Assumption of Our Lady surrounded in Heaven by a choir of angels, and below a St Thomas receiving the girdle.
The same thing happened to fra Jacopo da Turrita, of the order of St Francis, who received extraordinary rewards for the mosaics which he executed for the small choir behind the altar of S.
Croce of the same family, which is before the high altar in a choir then newly built, contains his portrait in a marble stone very well executed in the year 1390.
So he returned to Pisa, where Nello di Giovanni Falconi, craftsman, entrusted to him the great pulpit of the Duomo, which is fixed to the choir on the right hand side as one approaches the high altar.
After the two pictures mentioned above, Buonamico did two others in tempera for the monks of the Certosa at Florence, one of which is in the place where the singing books for the choir rest, and the other is below in the old chapels.
Here the abbot induced Spinello to paint in fresco two chapels which are beside the principal chapel, and two others, one on either side of the door leading to the choir in the screen of the church.
The new altar stands alone, and has on the table before it a Christ calling Peter and Andrew from their nets, and on the side next the choir is another picture of St George killing the serpent.
The choir were wanting new hymn-books--he must not forget to order them!
Pierson had stayed in the vestry, talking with his choir and wardens; there was no hitch, for his resignation had been accepted, and he had arranged with a friend to carry on till the new Vicar was appointed.
From half-past eight to half-past nine he had spent in choir practice, because the organist was on his holiday.
What though around His throne of fire The everlasting chant Be wafted from the seraph choir In glory jubilant?
Next against the screen of the choir is a fine old monument, whereon lies the effigy of a gentleman at full length in a tufted gown; and underneath, upon the base, was a lady kneeling.
It is remarkable, the body only of this Queen lies here interred, and her heart in the choir of the Friars Predicants in London.
The choir was adorned with the usual row of seats, richly carved in black walnut.
Canon, precentor, and choir have departed, with the very slender lay attendance.
If what my Rabbi tells me is the truth, Why did the choir of angels sing for joy?
The choir stalls are very handsomely carved, and contain grotesques on their misereres.
The chancel or choiris generally supposed to have been erected by the second Thomas Beauchamp about 1392.
According to one authority the chancel was in ancient times the choir to the House of Nuns, destroyed by Canute the Dane about 1016, but afterwards restored.
With singularly moving effect the choir commenced to sing the Liturgy of St. Chrysostom, the beautiful prayer that contrasted so strongly with the crashing harmonies that had scarcely ceased to reverberate far up in the empty dome.
Possibly a Sunday-school choir might be organized to advantage, the strong singers from among the more mature scholars being banded together to practice new music and lead the singing.
A choir or an orchestra may be organized from their numbers.
Through the lattices the nave amid choir could be viewed distinctly.
The people swarmed into the choir and through the vestry.
The young man is then dressed up while the priest and choir children who have arrived sing canticles.
An hour before dawn the sexton alone, or with a group of choir boys, goes from door to door singing what is called "the good tidings.
When the time comes for the blessing of the priest, the couple arise, step inside the choir space, and stand facing each other between the high altar and two witnesses, their foreheads touching.
Before the rail which separates the choir from the body of the church, two wooden chairs are placed, upon which the couple sit down while the people present kneel on the mats covering the floor.
Even the congregation holds lighted wax candles while the triumphal songs are chanted by the robed choirof little boys.
When the procession again files out escorting the pontiff to his residence, the choir sings, and the Russian band plays.
A white-robed choir with green velvet copes filed in, singing long chants.
The choir was followed by two priests, and the priests by the bishop with his mitre, robe of crimson and gold, and his ivory cross held in the right hand with a kerchief of crimson silk.
The eldest placed themselves outside of the choir and knelt on straw mats or on sheep's skins which marked their customary places, and kissed the earth, or murmured very low the words of the priest, or responded to the chanting at high pitch.
After the ceremony at the church the procession starts back for the home of the bridegroom's father, the bride riding upon her horse, musician playing, and choir boys singing.
A half-hour was given on these occasions to social greetings; then followed familiar hymns, led by the piano and a volunteer choir of young people, after which an informal lecture was given by the pastor.
The simple choir and simple fold gathered for even-song, and paid him no attention on their part--a rough American bound for the mines was no longer anything but an object of aversion to them.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "choir" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
