The Chancel in the Cathedral

The word choir comes from the latin cansel a c a n c e l i, and that meant cross bars. Chorus in ancient greek drama was somebody who read the prologue of a play. That's where we get our modern sense of the choir most of us would think of to day. The place in the cathedral that is the choir. This is where this chorus took place in the early days. And wi whyis why is the place called the choir? Yei don't know why that was chosen for where the choristers would sit. I mean, it's in the chancel isn't it? With whiches as also got the high altar in

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