Quire definition
A set of 24 or sometimes 25 sheets of paper of the same size and stock; one twentieth of a ream.
noun
A collection of leaves of parchment or paper, folded one within the other, in a manuscript or book.
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A set of 24 or 25 sheets of paper of the same size and stock, the twentieth part of a ream.
noun
One-twentieth of a ream of paper; a collection of twenty-four or twenty-five sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold.
noun
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A book, poem, or pamphlet.
noun
(bookbinding) To prepare quires by stitching together leaves of paper.
verb
(intransitive) To sing in concert.
verb
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Origin of quire
- Middle English quayer four double sheets of paper from Old French quaer from Vulgar Latin quaternus from Latin quaternī set of four, four each from quater four times kwetwer- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Anglo-Norman quier, from Old French quaier, from Vulgar Latin *quaternus, from Latin quaterni (“four at a time"), from quater (“four times")
From Wiktionary
- Older spelling of choir.
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