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  • 1quire — 1. noun a) 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. Under the year 1533 we are told that the ream contained twenty quires. b)… …

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  • 2Printer's ream — Ream Ream, n. [OE. reme, OF. rayme, F. rame (cf. Sp. resma), fr. Ar. rizma a bundle, especially of paper.] A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480 sheets. [1913 Webster] {Printer s ream}, twenty one and …

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  • 3Ream — Ream, n. [OE. reme, OF. rayme, F. rame (cf. Sp. resma), fr. Ar. rizma a bundle, especially of paper.] A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480 sheets. [1913 Webster] {Printer s ream}, twenty one and a… …

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  • 4ream — n. Twenty quires …

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  • 5ream — 1. n. 1 twenty quires or 500 (formerly 480) sheets of paper (or a larger number, to allow for waste). 2 (in pl.) a large quantity of paper or writing (wrote reams about it). Etymology: ME rem, rim f. OF raime etc., ult. f. Arab. rizma bundle 2. v …

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  • 6long ream — noun : twenty quires of paper of 25 sheets each …

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  • 7Anglicanism — Part of a series on the Anglican Communion …

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  • 8Codex Vaticanus — For other uses, see Codex Vaticanus (disambiguation). New Testament manuscripts papyri • uncials • minuscules • lectionaries Uncial 03 …

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  • 10Jacob van Maerlant — Jacob van Maerlant. Jacob van Maerlant (born between 1230 1240 near Bruges died c. 1288 1300 in Damme) was the greatest Flemish poet of the thirteenth century and one of the most important Middle Dutch authors during the Middle Ages.[1] …

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