relating to, sung by, or designed for a chorus or choir
- a variant spelling of chorale
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cho•ral /ˈkɔrəl/USA pronunciation
adj. [before a noun]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Music and Danceof a chorus or a choir:a choral hymn.
cho•ral
(adj. kôr′əl, kōr′-;n. kə ral′, kô-, kō-, kôr′əl, kōr′-),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
cho′ral•ly, adv.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Music and Danceof a chorus or a choir:She heads our new choral society.
- Music and Dancesung by, adapted for, or containing a chorus or a choir.
n.
- Music and Dancechorale.
- Medieval Latin chorālis, equivalent. to chor(us) chorus + -ālis -al1
- 1580–90
cho•rale
(kə ral′, -räl′, kô-, kō-; kôr′əl, kōr′-),USA pronunciation n.
- Music and Dancea hymn, esp. one with strong harmonization:a Bach chorale.
- Music and Dancea group of singers specializing in singing church music;
choir.
- German Choral, short for Choralgesang, translation of Latin cantus chorālis choral singing; see choral
- 1835–45
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a slow stately hymn tune, esp of the Lutheran Church a choir or chorus
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