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noun
1.
a set of 24 uniform sheets of paper.
2.
Bookbinding. a section of printed leaves in proper sequence after folding; gathering.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English quayer < Middle French quaier < Vulgar Latin *quaternum set of four sheets, derivative of Latin quarternī four each
1175–1225; Middle English quayer < Middle French quaier < Vulgar Latin *quaternum set of four sheets, derivative of Latin quarternī four each
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quire1 (kwaɪə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a set of 24 or 25 sheets of paper; a twentieth of a ream |
| 2. | a. four sheets of paper folded once to form a section of 16 pages |
| b. a section or gathering | |
| 3. | a set of all the sheets in a book |
| [C15 quayer, from Old French quaier, from Latin quaternī four at a time, from quater four times] | |
| quire2 (kwaɪə) | |
| —n | |
| an obsolete spelling of choir | |
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Example sentences
The costs you had in your attempt to accost of replacing a gravel driveway with a con-quire or begin a specific business.
He did so, with sermons by the quire and reams of controversy, all recorded by an army of scribes.
Two desks and a quire of paper set him up, where he now sits in state for all comers.
And this conception has the capacity to be quire harrowing.
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