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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Quaternity \Qua*ter"ni*ty\, noun [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) 2.0 [wn]:
quaternity
noun: 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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