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quire

1

[ kwahyuhr ]

noun

  1. a set of 24 uniform sheets of paper.
  2. Bookbinding. a section of printed leaves in proper sequence after folding; gathering.


quire

2

[ kwahyuhr ]

noun

quired, quiring.
  1. Archaic. an archaic spelling of choir.

quire

1

/ ɲɪə /

noun

  1. a set of 24 or 25 sheets of paper; a twentieth of a ream
    1. four sheets of paper folded once to form a section of 16 pages
    2. a section or gathering
  2. a set of all the sheets in a book
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

quire

2

/ ɲɪə /

noun

  1. an obsolete spelling of choir
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of quire1

1175–1225; Middle English quayer < Middle French quaier < Vulgar Latin *quaternum set of four sheets, derivative of Latin ܲٱī four each
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of quire1

C15 quayer, from Old French quaier, from Latin ܲٱī four at a time, from quater four times
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Standing in the quire of St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, he remembered his mother and offered his people comfort after a year of loss and upheaval.

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The queen will be buried at the King George VI Memorial Chapel, which is next to the quire of the main St George's Chapel.

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The queen’s Bentley will stop outside the Galilee Porch where she will be met by the dean of Windsor, David Conner, who will escort her to her seat in the quire of the Chapel.

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The queen's Bentley will stop outside the Galilee Porch where she will be met by the dean of Windsor, David Conner, who will escort her to her seat in the quire of the Chapel.

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He moves the pieces of the press around as he explains print jargon — “pieing,” “quire,” “furniture.”

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