semichorus

English

Etymology

From semi- +‎ chorus.

Noun

semichorus (plural semichoruses)

1. (music) A half chorus; a passage to be sung by a selected portion of the voices, rather than the full choir.
2. A small number of selected singers.

Related terms

• semichoral

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “semichorus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)