quire: meaning and definitions

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What is quire?

What is quire?

  • A set of 24 or sometimes 25 sheets of paper of the same size and stock; one twentieth of a ream.
  • A collection of leaves of parchment or paper, folded one within the other, in a manuscript or book.
  • Archaic Variant of choir.

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