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Quadripartite   Listen
adjective
Quadripartite  adj.  Divided into four parts.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Quadripartite" Quotes from Famous Books



... 3 m. S.W. of Sandford and Banwell Station, has a small but very interesting church. It is without aisles or transepts, but has a low central tower. The tower-vault has quadripartite groining, with curious ornaments at the base of the ribs, and is supported by two Norm. recessed arches, with double chevron and other mouldings, resting on fluted pillars. The S. door has likewise a fine Norm. arch with the lozenge moulding. The chancel ...
— Somerset • G.W. Wade and J.H. Wade

... had been introduced half a century before. It may be that the Crusaders saw it in the East and brought it home. It may be that it originated from the quadripartite vaulting of the Normans, the segmental groins of which, crossing diagonally, produced to appearance the pointed arch. It may be that it was derived from that mystical figure of a pointed oval form, ...
— Literary and General Lectures and Essays • Charles Kingsley



Words linked to "Quadripartite" :   multilateral, many-sided



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