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Definition of Choristers
1. chorister [n] - See also: chorister
Lexicographical Neighbors of Choristers
Literary usage of Choristers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Schools of Medieval England by Arthur Francis Leach (1915)
"CHAPTER XI THE ALMONRY OR choristers' SCHOOLS IN THE MONASTERIES THE Almonry ...
In earlier days the choristers were merely imported to sing in the choir, ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Such was his repute as a choir trainer that in 1570 he was appointed organist
and master of the choristers of Westminster Abbey. Though an avowed Catholic ..."
3. Report of the commissioners by Great Britain Schools Inquiry Commission, Schools inquiry commission (1868)
"choristers' SCHOOL. MR. STANTON'S REPORT. The returns furnished by the master of
the choristers, by the authority of the dean and chapter, very fully state ..."
4. The History of Corpus Christi College: With Lists of Its Members by Thomas Fowler (1893)
"In the earliest Buttery Book, namely, that for 1648-9, the choristers are ...
In Oct., 1664, the choristers are Borrow and Newlin ; on March 8, 1666, ..."
5. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1865)
"Master, eight priests, two clerks, two choristers. WOLVERHAMPTON. Ru\ id peculiar;
Dean, (annexed to deanery of Windsor by Edward IV. ..."
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