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Webster 1913 Edition


Quaternity

Qua-ter′ni-ty

,
Noun.
[LL.
quaternitas
, fr. L.
quaterni
four each: cf. F.
quaternité
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Quaternity

QUATERN'ITY

,
Noun.
[supra.] The number four.

Definition 2024


quaternity

quaternity

English

Noun

quaternity (countable and uncountable, plural quaternities)

  1. (countable) A group or set of four.
  2. (uncountable) The state of being four; fourness.

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