organ loft en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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The gallery or raised platform within a church or hall from which an organ is played, though not necessarily housing the organ itself.
I visited the Cathedral at Cologne on the Sunday morning and sat in the organ loft with my friend, Professor Hans Bachem, who had given me a welcome on previous occasions and was anxious to come to London as a visiting recitalist at, say, Westminster Cathedral or the Albert Hall.
1942 November and December, Chas. S. Lake, “Some Continental Travel Experiences—II: A Sunday in Cologne”, in Railway Magazine, page 349:
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Translations (14)
fi urkuparvi (gallery or raised platform from which an organ is played) · is orgelloft (gallery or raised platform from which an organ is played) · sv orgelläktare (gallery or raised platform from which an organ is played) · ga lochta orgáin (gallery or raised platform from which an organ is played) · is orgelsvalir (gallery or raised platform from which an organ is played) · cy llofft yr organ (gallery or raised platform from which an organ is played) · pl platforma do organów (gallery or raised platform from which an organ is played) · nl orgelzolder (gallery or raised platform from which an organ is played) · cmn 風琴樓座 /风琴楼座 (gallery or raised platform from which an organ is played) · fi urkulehteri (gallery or raised platform from which an organ is played) · be арганныя хоры (gallery or raised platform from which an organ is played) · ru органные хоры (gallery or raised platform from which an organ is played) · de Orgelempore (gallery or raised platform from which an organ is played) · de Orgelbühne (gallery or raised platform from which an organ is played)