choral

[kawr-uhl, kohr-, kuh-ral, kaw-, koh-, kawr-uhl, kohr-]

adjective

1. of a chorus or a choir.

   She heads our new choral society.

2. sung by, adapted for, or containing a chorus or a choir.

noun

1. chorale.

choral

adjective

1. relating to, sung by, or designed for a chorus or choir

noun

1. a variant spelling of chorale

Other Word Forms

• chorally adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of choral¹

1580–90; < Medieval Latin chorālis, equivalent to chor ( us ) chorus + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

Glasgow is proud of its shipbuilding working-class heritage, but Currie’s father was a classical musician and choral conductor while his mother had done some acting, and he remembers seeing her in Noël Coward plays.

From Los Angeles Times

As a teenager, she spent four years at Tampa's Howard W. Blake School of the Arts, after winning a place on the choral programme by performing Etta James' At Last.

From BBC

From a forthcoming choral libretto premiering in Finland to a graphic novel retelling of the "Epic of Gilgamesh," Macfarlane’s creative orbit keeps expanding.

From Salon

I listened to a lot of children’s choral music, and Jackson was very inspired by this extinct bird — the kauaʻi ʻōʻō — and one of the last recordings of its call.

From Los Angeles Times

An eight-hour choral extravaganza of a universal prayer is to open the Edinburgh International Festival at the Usher Hall.

From BBC

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