QUIRE

quire

Noun

  1. 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.
  2. (bookbinding) A set of leaves which are stitched together, originally a set of four pieces of paper (eight leaves, sixteen pages). This is most often a single signature (i.e. group of four), but may be several nested signatures.
  3. A book, poem, or pamphlet.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A choir.
  2. The architectural part of a church in which the choir resides, between the nave and the sanctuary.

Verb

  1. To prepare quires by stitching together leaves of paper.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To sing in concert.


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