APMa piece of music praising God, usually sung in a church by a large group of people 赞美诗，圣歌
Examples from the Corpus
chorale• a Bach chorale• Discreet chorales endorse the beadle, who gathers cash on a wooden plate.• I even felt this about the two trombones, who did not join the magnificent brass corps until its final chorale.
Originchorale
(1800-1900)Germanchoral, from choralgesang“choral song”