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as in hymn
a religious song
practiced a chorale to perform in church
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Recent Examples of chorale
The audience can sing Handel’s Messiah, including the Hallelujah Chorus, with the chorale, directed by John Russell and accompanied by organist Martin Green.
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2025
This will be a full live production of Peter Rothstein’s a cappella chorale piece, offered as an add-on to the Playhouse on Park season subscription.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2025
Three years later, the follow-up, Caroline 2, expands outward in every direction, pairing scraggy, strummed chorales with heart-on-sleeve mantras and distorted furore.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 30 May 2025
The 70-voice chorale will be accompanied by an organist and a chamber orchestra.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2025
This will be a full live production of Peter Rothstein’s a cappella chorale piece, offered as an add-on to the Playhouse on Park season subscription.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2025
Three years later, the follow-up, Caroline 2, expands outward in every direction, pairing scraggy, strummed chorales with heart-on-sleeve mantras and distorted furore.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 30 May 2025
The 70-voice chorale will be accompanied by an organist and a chamber orchestra.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chorale
Noun
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Their ceremony began with a hymn sung by Darius’ favorite gospel singer, Jekalyn Carr, and guests were invited to sing along, the couple recalled to the outlet.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
18 Apr. 2026
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Christian hymns were sung in English and Creole.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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My circle of friends is collegiate show choir kids.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Apr. 2026
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After informing her choir teacher about what happened, a nurse was informed who then called the girl's parents.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Fortunately, the crowd did something very cool and chimed in to help out anthem singer Cami Clune.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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This new 20-minute epic was the band’s Crazy Horse moment, their idea of a rock anthem that starts with a tuneful, melancholy song and then proceeds to deconstruct it with loud report.—
Stephen M. Deusner,
Pitchfork,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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More ordinary Russians are starting to speak out, in a rare chorus of dissent.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Even its final bars of Gregorian chanting, one of many bells and whistles stuffed between the mawkish choruses, can’t lift this track out of the morass.—
Linnie Greene,
Pitchfork,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The epitome of that tradition is Choral Evensong, an evening service of hymns, psalms and prayers laid out by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, the first Protestant archbishop of the Church of England, in 1549.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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After all, audiences may be captivated by the psalm singing itself, but then can also find more things that capture their imagination in the observational doc.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Chorale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chorale. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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