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/kweuh terr"ni tee/, n., pl. quaternities.a group or set of four.[1520-30; < LL quaternitas, equiv. to L quatern(i) four each, four at a time + -itas -ITY]
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Quaternity — Qua*ter ni*ty, n. [LL. quaternitas, fr. L. quaterni four each: cf. F. quaternit[ e].] 1. The number four. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. The union of four in one, as of four persons; analogous to the theological term trinity. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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