antichoir

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

anti- +‎ choir

Adjective[edit]

antichoir (comparative more antichoir, superlative most antichoir)

  1. Opposing a choir.
    • 1953, Microfilm Abstracts, volume 13, page 835:
      Because many choirs were improperly used during this period, an era of antichoir feeling developed shortly after the 1905 Hymnal was published.
    • 2008, BYU Studies, volume 47, page 108:
      As late as 1854, the antichoir members of an Ohio Methodist congregation heckled the choir whenever it tried to sing, hoping to "bring discredit on the singers by creating discord."

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