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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.
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Choir

The part of the chancel in a cruciform church that is occupied by this company of singers.

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.
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Chair

(Slang) The electric chair.

Choir

An organized group
A choir of dancers.

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.

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

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