quaternity

American  

[kwuh-tur-ni-tee] / kwəˈtɜr nɪ ti /

noun

plural

quaternities

1. a group or set of four.

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quaternity British  

/ kwəˈtɜːnɪtɪ /

noun

1. a group of four, esp a concept of God as consisting of four persons

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Etymology

Origin of quaternity

1520–30; < Late Latin quaternitās, equivalent to Latin quatern ( ī ) four each, four at a time + -itās -ity

Example Sentences

“So we learn in the neatly chiseled opening sentences of Mary Gordon’s new novel. Add in death and we would have a ferocious quaternity to frame the action.”

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2022

In dreams and in researches he made among theological, philosophical and mystical works, Dr. Jung found the quaternity symbol everywhere.

From Time Magazine Archive

With our love to the entire quaternity of you, Yours ever,

From Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter by Dewey, Mary Elizabeth