Talk:Choir (architecture)

Quire vs Choir

A quire is a measurement of paper. The more normal spelling here is choir. --Wetman 09:11, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Well, it's slightly archaic, but a number of English Cathedral and Collegiate churches insist on this spelling, and it does allow a useful disambiguation between the choir (i.e. the group of people) and the place from which they sing. David Underdown 09:16, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Certainly archaic enough to be moved! (And I am English.) —Ian Spackman 11:25, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

The OED lists them both as equal options; the Book of Common Prayer spells it Quire; I'm likewise English and have always known it spelt Quire as being different from the group of singers who are the Choir. I'm not suggesting it should be moved, just pointing out that Quire isn't necessarily either abnormal or archaic! --82.70.156.254 (talk) 00:15, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

stalls v benches

I see the distinction that's being made, but even wehre the back row is true stalls, the front row is often a bench, and even wehre both rows are strictly benches, they're normally (in my experience) still referred to as "the choir stalls". David Underdown (talk) 15:56, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Choir vs Chancel

What's the difference? One lemma may be enough. MenkinAlRire 21:07, 28 May 2023 (UTC)