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.

 

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