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Rarequire
The correct spelling is quire.
How to pronounce quire
/ˈkwaɪ.ə(ɹ)/
nounIPA: /ˈkwaɪ.ə(ɹ)/
Say it like: Kwi-re
The correct spelling is quire. 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.
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Meanings
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.
- 4.A choir.
- 5.One quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church used by the choir, often near the apse.
verb
- 1.To prepare quires by stitching together leaves of paper.
- 2.To sing in concert.
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