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The chancel. Choir organ , one of the three or five distinct organs included in the full organ, each separable from the rest, but all controlled by one performer; a portion of the full organ, complete in itself, and more practicable for ordinary

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The chancel. Choir organ , one of the three or five distinct organs included in the full organ, each separable from the rest, but all controlled by one performer; a portion of the full organ, complete in itself, and more practicable for ordinary service and in the accompanying of the vocal choir. -- Choir screen, Choir wall , a screen or low wall separating the choir from the aisles. -- Choir service, the service of singing performed by the choir. T. Warton. (more info) choral dance, chorus, choir, fr. Gr. hortus garden, and E. yard. See 1. A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service. 2. That part of a church appropriated to the singers.

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• CHANCELLERY
  Chancellorship. Gower.
• ORGANISTA
  Any one of several South American wrens, noted for the sweetness of their song.
• DISTINCTNESS
  1. The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things. The soul's . . . distinctness from the body. Cudworth. 2. Nice discrimination; hence, clearness; precision; as, he stated
• ORGANICALNESS
  The quality or state of being organic.
• THREE-MILE
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• THREE-PILE
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• CONTROLLABLENESS
  Capability of being controlled.
• ORGANOLOGY
  1. The science of organs or of anything considered as an organic structure. The science of style, as an organ of thought, of style in relation to the ideas and feelings, might be called the organology of style. De Quincey. 2. That branch of biology
• THREE-DECKER
  A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
• PORTIONIST
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• ORGANDIE; ORGANDY
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• ORGANOGRAPHIST
  One versed in organography.
• THREE-SIDED
  Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three- sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.
• ORGANOGRAPHY
  A description of the organs of animals or plants.
• ORGAN
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• THREE-CORNERED
  Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three- cornered stem. (more info) 1. Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.
• DISTINCTURE
  Distinctness.
• DISTINCTIVENESS
  State of being distinctive.
• COMPLETE
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• DISPROPORTIONALLY
  In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
• IMPROPORTIONATE
  Not proportionate.
• DISPROPORTIONABLE
  Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
• DISPROPORTIONALITY
  The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.
• CONTRADISTINCT
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• UNDISTINCTLY
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• REAPPORTIONMENT
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• MISPROPORTION
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• INORGANICAL
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