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quaternity
[ kwuh-tur-ni-tee ]
noun
, plural qua·ter·ni·ties.
- a group or set of four.
quaternity
/ kwəˈtɜːnɪtɪ /
noun
- a group of four, esp a concept of God as consisting of four persons
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Word History and Origins
Origin of quaternity1
1520–30; < Late Latin quaternitās, equivalent to Latin quatern ( ī ) four each, four at a time + -itās -ity
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Word History and Origins
Origin of quaternity1
C16: from Late Latin quaternitās, from Latin quaternī by fours; see quaternary
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Example Sentences
These remarks occur to us as we are now to follow the fortunes of the remaining three of the quaternity.
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Only one of these paths was here open, and the quaternity even rushed into it.
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And yet this might not necessarily involve the conversion of the Trinity into a Quaternity.
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