choir
n. countablen. a group of people who sing together, often in a church or at a school. In a building, it can also mean the specific area where these singers sit.
n. an organized group of singers, typically performing in a religious or concert setting; also refers to the architectural space in a church traditionally reserved for the singers and clergy.
The school choir practices every Tuesday evening.
The local church choir is looking for new members to join their upcoming holiday performance.
While the congregation remained in the nave, the singers gathered in the choir to perform the complex polyphonic arrangement that had been commissioned for the cathedral's anniversary.
From Middle English quer, quere, from Old French quer, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”). Modern spelling influenced by chorus and French chœur. Doublet of quire, chorus, and hora.
When referring to the group of people, it is a collective noun and can take a singular or plural verb depending on the dialect.
The choir are singing wellThe choir is singing wellIn American English, collective nouns like 'choir' almost always take a singular verb, though British English often allows the plural.