Definitions from Wiktionary (quire)

▸ noun:  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.
▸ noun:  (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 (i.e. group of four), but may be several nested signatures.
▸ noun:  A book, poem, or pamphlet.
▸ verb:  (bookbinding) To prepare quires by stitching together leaves of paper.
▸ noun:  (architecture) One quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church, generally used by the choir; often near the apse.
▸ noun:  Archaic form of choir (“group of people who sing together”). [A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.]
▸ verb:  (poetic) Alternative form of choir (“to sing in concert”). [(intransitive) To sing in concert.]
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