A quire can be any of several things: A variant spelling of choir A choir with accompanying musical instruments, in the context of West gallery music Quire (architecture), the choir part of a church Paper quire, a quantity, usually 24 or 25 (1/20th of ream), of sheets of paper, though originally a pamphlet of four pages folded to make eight leaves (16 pages) Quentin Quire, a fictional comic book character A quiver, a holder for arrows… (More on Quire)