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choric

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cho·ric  (kôrk, kr-, kr-)
adj.
Of or relating to a chorus.

[Late Latin choricus, from Greek khorikos, from khoros, choral dance; see gher-1 in Indo-European roots.]

choric [ˈkɒrɪk]
adj
of, like, for, or in the manner of a chorus, esp of singing, dancing, or the speaking of verse
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Adj.1.choric - relating to or written for or in the style of a Greek chorus; "a choric Greek tragedy"


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We now come to the quantitative parts the separate parts into which Tragedy is divided namely, Prologue, Episode, Exode, Choric song; this last being divided into Parode and Stasimon.
"It is the most horrible of virgin-sacrifices," said Will; and he painted to himself what were Dorothea's inward sorrows as if he had been writing a choric wail.
 
 
 
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