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Quires

noun
Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounOne-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.nounA 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.nounA book, poem, or pamphlet.
4.verbTo prepare quires by stitching together leaves of paper.
5.nounA choir.
6.nounOne quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church used by the choir, often near the apse.
7.verbTo sing in concert.

Synonyms

telexesmicrofilmsfoolscapcorrespondancemanuscriptsincunabulacorrespondencestypescriptsparchmentsquadruplicateemendationsbodleian
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