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The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
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quaternity
Word definitions for quaternity in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context countable English) A group or set of four. 2 (context uncountable English) The state of being four; fourness.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn: four , 4 , IV , tetrad , quatern , quaternion , quaternary , quartet , quadruplet , foursome , Little Joe ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quaternity \Qua*ter"ni*ty\, n. [LL. quaternitas, fr. L. quaterni four each: cf. F. quaternit['e].] The number four. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. The union of four in one, as of four persons; -- analogous to the theological term trinity.
Usage examples of quaternity.
At the same time, there was one of the happy quaternity who, from his years on the hills, and his services in times of trial and danger, and one thing and another, fell always, and with the finest humility too, into the foremost place, and his name, as you have already heard, was Knowledge.