Chair vs. Choir
Chair and Choir Definitions
Chair
A piece of furniture designed to accommodate one sitting or reclining person, providing support for the back and often the arms and typically standing on four legs.
Choir
An organized company of singers, especially one performing church music or singing in a church.
Chair
A seat of office, authority, or dignity, such as that of a bishop.
Choir
The part of a church used by such a company of singers.
Chair
An office or position of authority, such as a professorship.
Choir
The part of the chancel in a cruciform church that is occupied by this company of singers.
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Chair
A person who holds an office or a position of authority, such as one who presides over a meeting or administers a department of instruction at a college; a chairperson.
Choir
A group of instruments of the same kind
A string choir.
Chair
The position of a player in an orchestra.
Choir
A division of some pipe organs, containing pipes suitable for accompanying a choir.
Chair
(Slang) The electric chair.
Choir
An organized group
A choir of dancers.
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Chair
A seat carried about on poles; a sedan chair.
Choir
One of the orders of angels.
Chair
Any of several devices that serve to support or secure, such as a metal block that supports and holds railroad track in position.
Choir
To sing in chorus.
Chair
To preside over as chairperson
Chair a meeting.
Choir
A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.
The church choir practices Thursday nights.
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Chair
To install (someone) in a position of authority, especially as a presiding officer.
Choir
(architecture) The part of a church where the choir assembles for song.
Chair
To carry (someone) high off the ground in a chair or in a seated position, especially as a tribute.
Choir
One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.
Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones are three of the choirs of angels.
Chair
An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.
All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair.
Choir
Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord.
Chair
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Under the rules of order adopted by the board, the chair may neither make nor second motions.
Choir
A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service.
Chair
(music) The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops.
Choir
That part of a church appropriated to the singers.
Chair
(rail transport) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers, and similar devices.
Choir
The chancel.
Chair
(chemistry) One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
Choir
A chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony
Chair
Ellipsis of electric chair
The court will show no mercy; if he gets convicted, it's the chair for him.
Choir
A family of similar musical instrument playing together
Chair
(education) A distinguished professorship at a university.
Choir
The area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave
Chair
A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.
Choir
Sing in a choir
Chair
The seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.
Chair
(transitive) To act as chairperson at; to preside over.
Bob will chair tomorrow's meeting.
Chair
(transitive) To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.
Chair
To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.
The poet was chaired at the national Eisteddfod.
Chair
A movable single seat with a back.
Chair
An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself.
The chair of a philosophical school.
A chair of philology.
Chair
The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair.
Chair
A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig.
Think what an equipage thou hast in air,And view with scorn two pages and a chair.
Chair
An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.
Chair
To place in a chair.
Chair
To carry publicly in a chair in triumph.
Chair
To function as chairperson of (a meeting, committee, etc.); as, he chaired the meeting.
Chair
A seat for one person, with a support for the back;
He put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down
Chair
The position of professor;
He was awarded an endowed chair in economics
Chair
The officer who presides at the meetings of an organization;
Address your remarks to the chairperson
Chair
An instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles a chair;
The murderer was sentenced to die in the chair
Chair
Act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university;
She chaired the department for many years
Chair
Preside over;
John moderated the discussion
