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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUATERN'ITY, n. [supra.] The number four.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn: four, 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet, foursome, Little Joe]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -ties) Etymology: Late Latin quaternitas, from Latin quaterni four each Date: 1529 a union of a group or set of four

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Quaternity 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.