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QUATER-CENTENARY.
i6sa N. CULVF.RWEL Lt. Nature xi. (1661) 78 An innate
power of the Soul, that is fitted, and fashioned for the
receiving of spirituals, quatenus Spirituals. 1664 BUTLER
Hnd. II. ii. 277 A broken Oath is, quat'nus Oath, As
sound t* all purposes of Troth. 1673 WOOD Life (O. H. S.)
II. 274 That every canon of Ch. Ch. should (quatenus as
a member of the university) preach at St. Marie's, and
(quatenus canon) at Ch. Ch. 1697 J. DENNIS Plot and no
Plot 52 Tho the Viscount be my superiour, quatenus Vis-
count, yet he does esteem himself my equal.
Quater, obs. form of QUATRE.
Quater-centenary, rare. [f. L. quater four
times ; cf. tercentenary] A four-hundredth anni-
versary, or the celebration of this.
1883 Harpers Mag. Aug. 479/1 The forthcoming celebration
of the Luther quater-centenary.
Quater-co(u)sin, obs. ff. of CATER-COUSIN.
1656 in BLOUNT Glossogr. 1755- in JOHNSON, etc.
Quaterime : see QUATREME.
Quate'rn, sl>. rare. [a. F. quaterne
set of four
numbers, f quire (Godef.), ad. L. : quaternus see
QUATERNION and QUIRE.]
f 1. Sc. A quire of paper. Obs.
1578 in Mail!. Cl. Misc. (1840) I. 12 Tuentie fyve countis
and quaternis of the Q. and Q. regent,
2. A set of four numbers in a lottery.
1868 BROWNING Ring ff Bk. xn. 158 But that he forbid
The Lottery, why, Twelve were Tem Quatern I
t a. Bat. Obs. rare*,
Quate'rn, [ad. L. quaterni
four together, by fours.] Arranged in fours.
1760 J. LEE Introd. Bot. ill. xxiii. (1765) 235 In respect to
Opposition, opposite Leaves will sometimes become tern,
quatern or qume, growing by Threes, Fours, or Fives.
Quate'rnal, a. rare. [f. as prec. + -AL.] a.
=QUATERNARY a. i. b. erron. = QUADRENNIAL.
6i R. C. Times' Whistle Cert. Poems (1871) 150 His first
Advent yeilds a quaternall section, His birth, his life, his
death, his resurrection. 1655 MOUFET & BENNET Health's
Imprav. (1746) i6r The Carthaginians, whose famous quaternal
Feast consisted only of four Dishes. 1813 J. C.
HOBHOUSE Journey (ed. 2) 581 Prizes distributed at each
quaternal celebration of the Olympian games.
Quaterna-rian, a. rare. [f. as next -i- -A.V.]
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