[quire] n [ME quair four sheets of paper folded once, collection of sheets, fr. MF quaer, fr. (assumed) VL quaternum set of four, fr. L quaterni four each, set of four--more at quaternion] (15c): a collection of 24 or sometimes 25 sheets of paper of the same size and quality: one twentieth of a ream
[2]quire var of choir