quire

Etymology 1
From, from and , from , from. .

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)  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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 2) A book, poem, or pamphlet.
 * 1) A book, poem, or pamphlet.

Translations

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 * Georgian:
 * Russian:
 * Welsh: côr


 * Bulgarian:
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 * Portuguese:
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Verb

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

Etymology 2


See.

Alternative forms

 * choir

Noun

 * 1)  A choir.
 * 2) * 1597–1598,, Virgidemiarum
 * Yea, and the prophet of the heav'nly lyre, / Great Solomon sings in the English quire
 * 1) One quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church used by the choir, often near the apse.
 * 1) One quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church used by the choir, often near the apse.

Verb

 * 1)  To sing in concert.