The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quadripartite \Quad*rip"ar*tite\, a. [L. quadripartitus, p. p. of quadripartire to divide into four parts; quattuor four + partire to divide: cf. F. quadripartite.] Divided into four parts.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. 1 divided into four parts. 2 involving four parties or participants; four-party.
WordNet
adj. involving four parties [syn: four-party]
Usage examples of "quadripartite".
The inadequacies of the Quadripartite extend into innumerable areas, but their prowess in physical and metaphysical prolepsis is unparalleled.
In Spain, Ferdinand deeply offended the Carlists by his abolition of the salique law in favour of the child, if it should be a female, with which his queen was pregnant, and thus gave rise to a war which long desolated the northern provinces of Spain, as well as to the quadripartite treaty, under which it was hoped that the country might enjoy the blessings of a constitutional government.
Underpitch vaults, barrel vaults, grain vaults, fan vaults, quadripartite and sexpartite and tierceron vaults are more than mere arches.