Lat·in [ ltn ]  n.

1. a. The Indo-European language of the ancient Latins and Romans and the most important cultural language of western Europe until the end of the 17th century. b. The Latin language and literature from the end of the third century B.C. to the end of the second century A.D.
2. a. A member of a Latin people, especially a native or inhabitant of Latin America. b. A Latino or Latina.
3. A native or resident of ancient Latium.

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or composed in Latin: a Latin scholar; Latin verse.
2. a. Of or relating to ancient Rome, its people, or its culture. b. Of or relating to Latium, its people, or its culture.
3. Of or relating to the languages that developed from Latin, such as Italian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese, or to the peoples that speak them.
4. a. Of or relating to the peoples, countries, or cultures of Latin America. b. Of or relating to Latinos or their culture.
5. Of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church.

Middle English, from Old French, and from Old English lden both from Latin Latnus, from Latium an ancient country of west-central Italy.

po·lit·i·cal [ p-lt-kl ]  adj.

1. Of, relating to, or dealing with the structure or affairs of government, politics, or the state.
2. Relating to, involving, or characteristic of politics or politicians: "Calling a meeting is a political act in itself" (Daniel Goleman).
3. Relating to or involving acts regarded as damaging to a government or state: political crimes.
4. Interested or active in politics: I'm not a very political person.
5. Having or influenced by partisan interests: The court should never become a political institution.
6. Based on or motivated by partisan or self-serving objectives: a purely political decision.

dis·course [ dskôrs, -krs ]  n.

1. Verbal expression in speech or writing.
2. Verbal exchange; conversation.
3. A formal, lengthy discussion of a subject, either written or spoken.
4. Archaic The process or power of reasoning.

v. dis·coursed, dis·cours·ing, dis·cours·es (d-skôrs, -skrs)
v. intr.

1. To speak or write formally and at length. See Synonyms at speak.
2. To engage in conversation or discussion; converse.

v. tr. Archaic

To narrate or discuss.

Middle English discours, process of reasoning, from Medieval Latin discursus, from Latin, a running about, from past participle of discurrere, to run about : dis-, apart ;

fine art [ fn ]  n.

1. a. Art produced or intended primarily for beauty rather than utility. b. Any of the art forms, such as sculpture, painting, or music, used to create such art. Often used in the plural.
2. Something requiring highly developed techniques and skills: the fine art of teaching.

choir [ kwr ]  n.

1. An organized company of singers, especially one performing church music or singing in a church.
2. a. The part of a church used by such a company of singers. b. The part of the chancel in a cruciform church that is occupied by this company of singers.
3. a. A group of instruments of the same kind: a string choir. b. A division of some pipe organs, containing pipes suitable for accompanying a choir.
4. An organized group: a choir of dancers.
5. One of the orders of angels.

intr.v. choired, choir·ing, choirs

To sing in chorus.

Middle English quer, quire, from Old French cuer, from Medieval Latin chorus, from Latin, choral dance ;

art¹ [ ärt ]  n.

1. Human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature.
2. a. The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colors, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the sense of beauty, specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium. b. The study of these activities. c. The product of these activities; human works of beauty considered as a group.
3. High quality of conception or execution, as found in works of beauty; aesthetic value.
4. A field or category of art, such as music, ballet, or literature.
5. A nonscientific branch of learning; one of the liberal arts.
6. a. A system of principles and methods employed in the performance of a set of activities: the art of building. b. A trade or craft that applies such a system of principles and methods: the art of the lexicographer.
7. a. Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation: the art of the baker; the blacksmith's art. b. Skill arising from the exercise of intuitive faculties: "Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice" (Joyce Carol Oates).
8. a. arts Artful devices, stratagems, and tricks. b. Artful contrivance; cunning.
9. Printing Illustrative material.

Middle English, from Old French, from Latin ars, art-;

or·ches·tra [ ôrk-str, -kstr ]  n.

1. Music a. A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including strings, woodwinds, brass instruments, and percussion instruments. b. The instruments played by such a group.
2. The area in a theater or concert hall where the musicians sit, immediately in front of and below the stage.
3. a. The front section of seats nearest the stage in a theater. b. The entire main floor of a theater.
4. A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in ancient Greek theaters.

Latin orchstra, the space in front of the stage in Greek theaters where the chorus performed, from Greek orkhstr, from orkheisthai, to dance.

band² [ bnd ] n.

1. a. A group of people: a band of outlaws. b. A group of animals.
2. a. Anthropology A unit of social organization especially among hunter-gatherers, consisting of a usually small number of families living together cooperatively. b. Canadian An aboriginal group officially recognized as an organized unit by the Canadian government. See Usage Note at First Nation.
3. A group of musicians who perform as an ensemble.

Middle English bende (from Old English bend, and and from Old French bande, bende of Germanic origin), and Middle English bond, band (from Old Norse, band);

Earlier bande, from Old French, banner, troop identified by its standard, of Germanic origin.

cur·ric·u·lum [ k-rky-lm ]  n. pl. cur·ric·u·la [ -l ] or cur·ric·u·lums

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