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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 763 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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QUIRE (in earlier forms quaer, quaer and quere, from the O. Fr. quaier,
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modern cahier, a copy-
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book,
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manuscript book;
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Lat. quaterni, set of four, from quattuor)
  , originally the
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term for four sheets of paper or
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parchment folded so as to make eight leaves, the ordinary unit in
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manuscripts and early printed books; the term is now chiefly applied to a twentieth
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part of a ream of writing paper, twenty-four sheets . In
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bookbinding and
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publishing the expression " in quires " is used of the sheets of a
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book when not folded or bound . " Quire " was formerly used of a small book contained in a single quire of paper, and so is frequently found in the title of short poems,
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treatises, &c . A familiar example is the Kingis Quair of King James I. of Scotland . " Choir," a
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body of singers or the part of a church where the singers sit, was formerly spelled " quire," following the pronunciation of the word (See CHOIR) .

End of Article: QUIRE (in earlier forms quaer, quaer and quere, from the O. Fr. quaier, modern cahier, a copy-book, manuscript book; Lat. quaterni, set of four, from quattuor)
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