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quaternity


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  The  union  of  four  in  one  as  of  four  persons;  --  analogous 
  to  the  theological  term  trinity. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  quaternity 
  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}] 




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