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quaternity

qua·ter·ni·ty

quaternity · quaternities

A group or set of fourA group or set of four; a foursome, a quartet.

UK/kwəˈtɜːnɪti/US/kwɑˈtɜɹnəti/

Значение

значений: 4

(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A group or set of four; a foursome, a quartet.
A group or set of four; a foursome, a quartet.
(исчисляемое, историческое, неисчисляемое)A group of four persons forming the Godhead, in contrast to the Trinity comprising three persons.
(неисчисляемое)Synonym of fourness (“the property or state of being four in number”).
(исчисляемое, устаревшее, редкое, неисчисляемое)Synonym of quarter (“a fourth part”).

Ещё определения

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

Происхождение

Learned borrowing from Middle French quaternité (“set of four things; (Christianity) dogma

Learned borrowing from Middle French quaternité (“set of four things; (Christianity) dogma that there are four persons in the Godhead”), from Old French quaternité (modern French quaternité); and from their etymon Late Latin quaternitās (“set of four things; (Christianity) group of four persons in the Godhead”) (modelled after trīnitās (“triad; (Christianity) the Trinity”)) + English -ity (suffix forming abstract nouns). Quaternitās is derived from Latin quaternī + -tās (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting states of being); and quaternī is an inflection of quaternus (“four at a time; fourfold”), from quater (“four times”) (from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”)) + -nus (suffix forming distributive numerals). By surface analysis, quatern + -ity.

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