"A choir, also sometimes called quire, is the area of a church or cathedral that provides seating for the clergy and church choir. It is in ...
[Read more]
the western part of the chancel, between the nave and the sanctuary, which houses the altar and Church tabernacle. In larger medieval churches it contained choir-stalls, seating aligned with the side of the church, so at right-angles to the seating for the congregation in the nave. Smaller medieval churches may not have a choir in the architectural sense at all, and they are often lacking in churches built by all denominations after the Protestant Reformation, though the Gothic Revival revived them as a distinct feature." - (en.wikipedia.org 16.05.2021)
