semi-chorusn.
1. Chiefly Music. One of two parts into which the main body of a chorus is divided.
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1717 A. Pope Wks. 382 Chorus of Youths and Virgins. Semichorus.
1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound ii. ii. 72 Semichorus I. of spirits.
1828 R. Warner Psalter p. xxiii When..one band began the hymn thus..the chorus, or semichorus, took up the corresponding versicle.
1897 Daily News 15 June 7/5 The number..will be rendered..by a semi-chorus consisting of the basses of the St. Paul's, Westminster Abbey, and Chapel Royal chorus.
2. A piece of music to be performed by a company of singers selected from a chorus.
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1847–54 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Semi-chorus, a short chorus performed by a few singers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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