Nave vs Choir - What's the difference?
nave | choir |
(architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.
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, title= A hub of a wheel.
* --William Shakespeare, Hamlet , Act II, Scene 2
(obsolete) The navel.
* William Shakespeare, Macbeth , Act I, scene 1:
Singing group; group of people who sing together; company of people who are trained to sing together.
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, title= The part of a church where the choir assembles for song.
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, title= (Christian angelology) One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.
As nouns the difference between nave and choir
is that nave is the middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances while choir is singing group; group of people who sing together; company of people who are trained to sing together.nave
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Etymology 1
Ultimately from (etyl) , via a Romance source.Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.}}
Etymology 2
From (etyl) nafu, from (etyl) ).Noun
(en noun)- 'Out, out, thou strumpet Fortune! All you gods,
- In general synod take away her power;
- Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel,
- And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven...
- Till he faced the slave;/Which ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him,/Till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps,/And fix'd his head upon our battlements
Anagrams
* * * * English terms with multiple etymologies ----choir
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Alternative forms
* (l) (archaic)Noun
(wikipedia choir) (en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Here, in the transept and choir , where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}