A quire is the area of a church where the choir sits, also known as the choir. Download high resolution version (1500x1122, 434 KB) The choir stalls of Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, England. ... Download high resolution version (1500x1122, 434 KB) The choir stalls of Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, England. ... The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity is the Anglican cathedral in the English city of Bristol and is commonly known as Bristol Cathedral. ... Bristol is a unitary authority with city and ceremonial county status in South West England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... A church building (or simply church) is a building used in Christian worship. ... A choir or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. ... The word choir can refer to: A musical choir. ...
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A quire is also a measure of paper -- it is a set of 24 or 25 sheets of paper of the same size and quality. It might also be thought of as 1/20 of a ream. However, the connotation is a small collection of sheets of paper of the same size and the same quality. Simon Winchester, in The Professor and the Madman, cites a specific number, defining quire as "a booklet eight pages thick." This page is a candidate to be copied to Wiktionary. ... Simon Winchester (born September 28, 1944) is a British author and journalist. ... The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Love of Words is a book by Simon Winchester. ...
QUIRE (in earlier forms quaer, quair and quere, from the 0.
In bookbinding and publishing the expression "in quires" is used of the sheets of a 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, treatises, andc.
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