Choicely

With nice discrimination; with apt regard to preference; with exact choice, "A band of men, Shaks. Collected choicely from each county some." -Excellently; in a choice or preferable manner. "Old-fashioned poetry, but choicely good." -Walton. Choiceʻne , n . Quality of being choice or preferable; nicety; particular value; intrinsic worth. Choir, ( kwir ,) n. [O. Fr. choeur; Lat. chorus; Gr.choros, a dance in a ring. Originally, a company of singers and dancers arranged in a ring. That part of a church or cathedral where the singers or choristers chant or sing divine service. It is also applied to those whose special duty it is to perform the service to music. Every choir is divided into two parts, stationed on each side of the choir, in order to sing alternately, one side answering to the other. It is also used to signify a band of singers in parts, or even the chorus itself. Choiseul, (shwaw- zool ',) the patronymic of a noble French family, distinguished in history; of its more re mark able members were the following: C., CESAR, DUC DE, and SEIGNEUR DU PLESSIS-PRASLIN, B. was a choker. IMG:content-0171.png:[blocks in formation]