quaternity

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A group or set of four; a foursome, a quartet.
2. isim A group of four persons forming the Godhead, in contrast to the Trinity comprising three persons.

   “[H]e is bounden to beleue in yͤ trinitie. And yͤ felowe beleueth in a quaternitie. That is ꝙ [quod, i.e., quoth] I yͤ hole trinite ⁊ one moe.”

3. isim Synonym of quarter (“a fourth part”).

   “The firſt vvith divers crooks and turnings vvries, / Cutting the tovvn in foure quaternities; / But both joyn to reſiſt invading enemies.”

4. isim Synonym of fourness (“the property or state of being four in number”).

   “Some that in mystical quaternity / All Deity existed; and the first / Y'cleped Ineffable, and the last, Truth; / Father and Son, gods intermediate.”