(Greek: choros, a band of singers or dancers) A member of the body of singers entrusted with the musical part of the church service, and organized and instructed for that end; originallly, they were ecclesiastics or boys trained under ecclesiastical care in a house attached to the cathedral; lay and female choristers are a much later development.
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