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<hw>Cho*re"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of the nature of, or pertaining to, chorea; convulsive.</def>

<h1>Chorepiscopal</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho`re*pis"co*pal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to a chorepiscopus or his change or authority.</def>

<h1>Chorepiscopus</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho`re*pis"co*pus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Chorepiscopi</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/, <?/, place, country + <?/ bishop. Cf. <er>Bishop</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>A "country" or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district.</def>

<mhw><h1>Choreus, Choree</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho*re"us</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cho*ree"</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>choreus</ets>, Gr. <?/, prop. an adj. meaning belonging to a chorus; cf. F. <ets>chor\'82e</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anc. Pros.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>a trochee.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A tribrach.</def></def>

<h1>Choriamb</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho"ri*amb</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Choriambs</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>Same as <er>Choriambus</er>.</def>

<h1>Choriambic</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho`ri*am"bic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>choriambicus</ets>, gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to a choriamb.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> A choriamb.</def></def2>

<h1>Choriambus</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho`ri*am"bus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. L. <plw>Choriambi</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, E. <plw>Choriambuses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>choriambus</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ a choreus + <?/ iambus.]</ety> <fld>(Anc. Pros.)</fld> <def>A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the other short (- \'de \'de -); that is, a choreus, or trochee, and an iambus united.</def>

<h1>Choric</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho"ric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>choricus</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a chorus.</def>

<blockquote>I remember a <b>choric</b> ode in the Hecuba. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Chorion</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho"ri*on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The outer membrane which invests the fetus in the womb; also, the similar membrane investing many ova at certain stages of development.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The true skin, or cutis.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The outer membrane of seeds of plants.</def>

<h1>Chorisis</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho"ri*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ separation.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The separation of a leaf or floral organ into two more parts.</def>

<note>&hand; In <i>collateral chorisis</i> the parts are side by side. -- In <i>parallel</i> or <i>median chorisis</i> they are one in front of another.</note>

<h1>Chorist</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho"rist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>choriste</ets>.]</ety> <def>A singer in a choir; a chorister.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Chorister</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Chor"is*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Chorus</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One of a choir; a singer in a chorus.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>