a. [ad. L. choric-us, a. Gr. χορικός, f. χορός; see CHORUS. Cf. F. chorique.]

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  1.  Gr. Antiq. Of or pertaining to a chorus (in Greek tragedy, etc.); in the style of a chorus.

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1830.  trans. Aristophanes’ Wasps, 155. Courageous … in the Choric dance, and brave in fight!

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1846.  Grote, Greece, I. I. xvi. 521. The rhythm of his choric songs.

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1867.  Swinburne, Ess. & Stud. (1875), 168. The debateable question of choric metre.

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  2.  Pertaining to a chorus or choir; choral. rare.

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1882.  Trans. Victoria Inst., 312. Perfected beings combining in choric adoration.

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  Hence Chorics sb. pl. (nonce-wd., after heroics, elegiacs, etc.), the verses of a (Greek) chorus.

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1819.  Lamb, Lett., 7 June, 107. The Chorics (how do you like the word?) of Samson Agonistes.

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