Quire (architecture)

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See also: Choir (disambiguation)

The choir stalls in the quire of Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, England

A quire is the area of a church where the liturgical singers sit, also known as the choir located usually in the western part of the chancel (between the nave and the altar), but occasionally in the eastern part of the nave.

See also

• cathedral architecture
• nave

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