Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A gallery or balcony in a church where the choir is stationed, usually at the end of the building opposite the chancel or pulpit.
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Examples
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English-speaking people; the pulpit draped in our dear old American flag, and another on the choir-gallery!
In and Around Berlin Minerva Brace Norton
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In 1443 he went to Padua to build the choir-gallery, and remained there some ten years.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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Jim and the doctor stood at the altar, while down from the choir-gallery, which seemed to be overflowing with roses, came the strains of the wedding-march.
The Second Chance 1910
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Jim and the doctor stood at the altar, while down from the choir-gallery, which seemed to be overflowing with roses, came the strains of the wedding-march.
The Second Chance Nellie L. McClung 1912
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