korum

From Latin chorum, accusative singular of chorus (“choir”).

korum n

1. a military religious service
   • 1898, Verner von Heidenstam, Karolinerna [The Caroleans]‎^[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 23 September 2025:

     Ingen stjärna talade om Guds godhet, och när [trupperna] [blivit] uppställda till korum, [ljöd] från predikantens mun det gamla testamentets hämnarord.

     No star told of God's goodness, and when the troops were drawn up for a military religious service, the vengeful words of the Old Testament flowed from the preacher's mouth.

   • 2025 June 8, Jukkasjärvi församling, “Korum för hemvärnssoldater [Military Religious Service for Home Guard Soldiers]”, in Svenska kyrkan‎^[2], archived from the original on 23 September 2025:

     Bilden visar ett korum, en andakt, för intresserade soldater.

     The photo shows a military religious service, a devotional gathering, for interested soldiers.

• korum in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• korum in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• korum in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1911)
• korum on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sv

korum

1. first-person singular possessive of kor

• When this word is pronounced, the stress is on the last syllable: korum. (The pronunciation with stress on the penultimate syllable, korum, means "I am [a(n)/the] ember.")

korum

1. first-person singular possessive of koru