Choruses

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chorus \Cho"rus\, n.; pl. {Choruses}. [L., a dance in a ring, a
     dance accompanied with song; a chorus, a band of dancers and
     singers. Gr. ?. See {Choir}.]
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     1. (Antiq.) A band of singers and dancers.
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              The Grecian tragedy was at first nothing but a
              chorus of singers.                    --Dryden.
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     2. (Gr. Drama) A company of persons supposed to behold what
        passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the
        sentiments which the events suggested in couplets or
        verses between the acts; also, that which was thus sung by
        the chorus.
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              What the lofty, grave tragedians taught
              In chorus or iambic.                  --Milton.
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     3. An interpreter in a dumb show or play. [Obs.]
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     4. (Mus.) A company of singers singing in concert.
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     5. (Mus.) A composition of two or more parts, each of which
        is intended to be sung by a number of voices.
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     6. (Mus.) Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as
        at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join
        with the singer or choir in singer or choir in singing
        such parts.
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     7. The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration;
        as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.
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