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coer2 (1121-25)
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The form chor is a cross reference to the following entry:

coer2 (1121-25)

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choer,  chor,  cor,  cuer,  cueur;  queer,  queoer,  queor,  quer,  quere,  quoer,  quoere,  qur  
  FEW:  chorus 2/i,651b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  choeur 9,83c TL: cuer 1 2,1111 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  choeur  TLF:  choeur  OED:  choir n.  MED:  quer n.  DMLBS:  chorus 2 332b

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1musicchorus, choir: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  (the monks) Matines dient ainzjurnals, E as refreiz ensemble od eals Respunt li cors de cez oisals  S Brend mup 578
♦eccl.musicchoir, group of singers: 
( 1343-50 )  Mesme le jour […] vint le quer de Seint Poul et prist le corps del dit evesqe  Cron Lond1 52.26
( s.xiv2; MS: c.1400 )  le[s] choer[s] dez angelis (Latin: angelorum chori) illoeqes chaunterunt a Dieu  Lichfield 66
2host, group, band: 
( MS: 1155-60 )  li glorious cuers des apostles (Latin: gloriosus apostolorum chorus)  Camb Ps 281.7
( s.xii4/4; MS: s.xii4/4 )  El cuer des virges parmaindras U tun espus sen fin verras  S Cath barking 581
3dancemusicsinging, dancing: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Tu convertis la meie pleinte en cuer a mei (Latin: in chorum mihi)  Camb Ps 46.XXIX.13
4archit.choir, chancel, central part of a church, space around the altar: 
( c.1150; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Et le hanap si hait sailli Qu’il detres ens el quer chai  S Nichol wace 882
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  hic corus: qur de eglise  TLL ii 88.72
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1307-15 )  fust ensevely […] dedenz le chor des chanoingnes  Reis Engl1 244
( 1323 )  en le quoer del esglise  STAPELDON 74
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  Item dedeinz l'esglise a la destre partie prés de le choer del eglise est ly mont de Calvarie ou nostre Seignur fust mis en la croiz  Mandeville 189
( c.1350; MS: c.1350 )  le petit seyn que pent pres del queer  A-N Rules 101
( 1391 )  […] mon corps de estre enterré a lez meson de les Freres Menours […] en le quer del dit meson  Test Ebor i 144
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  deinz le quer amunt avaunt les estalles fuist […] occis  Anon Chr1 122.17

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coristre 
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