organ loft

noun

The gallery or raised platform within a church or hall from which an organ is played, though not necessarily housing the organ itself.

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Meanings

nounorgan loft (plural organ lofts)

plural organ lofts

  1. 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

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 風琴樓座 /风琴楼座
  • 風琴樓座 /风琴楼座gallery or raised platform from which an organ is played
Dutch orgelzolder
  • orgelzoldergallery or raised platform from which an organ is played
Finnish urkuparvi, urkulehteri
  • urkuparvigallery or raised platform from which an organ is played
  • urkulehterigallery or raised platform from which an organ is played
German Orgelempore, Orgelbühne
  • Orgelemporegallery or raised platform from which an organ is played
  • Orgelbühnegallery or raised platform from which an organ is played
Icelandic orgelloft, orgelsvalir
  • orgelloftgallery or raised platform from which an organ is played
  • orgelsvalirgallery or raised platform from which an organ is played
Irish lochta orgáin
  • lochta orgáingallery or raised platform from which an organ is played
Polish platforma do organów
  • platforma do organówgallery or raised platform from which an organ is played
Russian органные хоры
  • органные хоры (organnyje xory)gallery or raised platform from which an organ is played
Swedish orgelläktare
  • orgelläktaregallery or raised platform from which an organ is played
Welsh llofft yr organ
  • llofft yr organgallery or raised platform from which an organ is played
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APA

organ loft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organ%20loft

MLA

“organ loft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organ%20loft. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “organ loft,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organ%20loft.

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