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Definition of "quier" []

  • An obsolete variant of quire. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "quier" in a sentence
  • "Church, which is commonly called the quier is somwhat lesse, both then the middle part of the Church, and also then the bodie."
  • "But the Church it selfe doth manifestlie exceed the body thereof in all quantity: also the inner part of the Church, which is commonly called the quier is somwhat lesse, both then the middle part of the Church, and also then the bodie."
  • "Vpon those dayes when they enter into their temples, they place two long foormes therein: [Bookes.] and so sitting vpon the sayd foormes like singing men in a quier, namely the one halfe of them directly ouer against the other, they haue certaine books in their hands, which sometimes they lay downe by them vpon the foormes: and their heads are bare so long as they remaine in the temple."
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