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  • noun Plural form of quirister.

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Examples

  • Just around the corner to the right lies Pilgrims 'School, which educates the choristers for the cathedral and the quiristers for the College.

    5th Estate Patrick Gale 2009

  • "That if anie Knight, or other persone entituled to weare spurs, enter the chappell in that guise, he shall pay to y'e quiristers the accustomed fine; but if he command y'e youngest quirister to repeate his _Gamut_, and he faile in y'e so doing, the said

    Notes and Queries, Number 30, May 25, 1850 Various

  • And first I'le begin with her cheife seat the Cathedrall, which was consecrated in Hen. the I. time; and though the same be but small and plaine, yet it is very lightsome and pleasant: her quire is neatly adorn'd with many small pillars of marble; her organs though small yet are they rich and neat; her quiristers though but few, yet orderly and decent. "

    Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See

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