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Word: quire
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Meaning:
Noun:
- A book, poem, or pamphlet.
- archaic A choir.
- (''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 (''ie'' group of four), but may be several nested signatures.
- 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.
- The architectural part of a church in which the choir resides, between the nave and the sanctuary.
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Verb:
- (''bookbinding'') To prepare quires by stitching together leaves of paper.
- intransitive To sing in concert.
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