Definitions for Quire
kwaɪərquire

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. quirenoun

   a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. quirenoun

   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.

2. quirenoun

   (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.

3. quire

   A book, poem, or pamphlet.

4. quireverb

   To prepare quires by stitching together leaves of paper.

5. quirenoun

   A choir.

6. quirenoun

   The architectural part of a church in which the choir resides, between the nave and the sanctuary.

7. quireverb

   To sing in concert.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. QUIREnoun

   Etymology: choeur, Fr. choro, Italian.

   1. A body of singers; a chorus.

   The trees did bud and early blossoms bore,
   And all the quire of birds did sweetly sing,
   And told that garden’s pleasures in their caroling. Fa. Qu.

   Myself have lim’d a bush for her,
   And plac’d a quire of such enticing birds,
   That she will light to listen to their lays. William Shakespeare.

   At thy nativity a glorious quire
   Of angels in the fields of Bethlehem sung
   To shepherds watching at their folds by night,
   And told them the Messiah now was born. John Milton.

   I may worship thee
   For ay, with temples vow’d and virgin quires. John Milton.

   As in beauty she surpass’d the quire,
   So nobler than the rest was her attire. Dryden.

   2. The part of the church where the service is sung.

   I am all on fire,
   Not all the buckets in a country quire
   Shall quench my rage. John Cleveland.

   Some run for buckets to the hallow’d quire,
   Some cut the pipes, and some the engines play. Dryden.

   The fox obscene to gaping tombs retires,
   And wolves with howling fill the sacred quires. Alexander Pope.

   3. [ Cahier, Fr.]A bundle of paper consisting of twenty-four sheets.

2. To Quireverb

   To sing in concert.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   There’s not the smallest orb which thou behold’st,
   But in his motion like an angel sings,
   Still quiring to the young-ey’d cherubims. William Shakespeare.

   My throat of war be turn’d
   Which quired with my drum, into a pipe
   Small as an eunuch, or the virgin’s voice
   That babies lulls asleep. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Quirenoun

   see Choir

2. Quireverb

   to sing in concert

3. Quirenoun

   a collection of twenty-four sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold; one twentieth of a ream

4. Etymology: [OE. quaer, quair, OF. quayer, cayer, caer, F. cahier, a book of loose sheets, a quarter of a quire, LL. quaternus, quaternum, sheets of paper packed together, properly, four together, fr. L. quaterni four each, by fours, quattuor four. See Four and cf. Cahier.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Quire

   kwīr, n. a collection of paper consisting of twenty-four sheets, the twentieth part of a ream, each having a single fold.—v.t. to fold in quires. [O. Fr. quaier (Fr. cahier), prob. from Low L. quaternum, a set of four sheets,—L. quatuor, four.]

2. Quire

   kwīr, n. old form of choir.—n. Quī′rister, a chorister.

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. QUIRE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Quire is ranked #42455 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Quire surname appeared 511 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Quire.
   
   85.9% or 439 total occurrences were White.
   11.3% or 58 total occurrences were Black.
   1.1% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.9% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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How to pronounce Quire?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Quire in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Quire in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Quire
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Quire
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Quire
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Quire
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Quire
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html