Word Meanings - QUATERNITY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The number four. Sir T. Browne. 2. The union of four in one, as of four persons; -- analogous to the theological term trinity.

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• NUMBERFUL
  Numerous.
• TRINITY
  The union of three persons (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost) in one Godhead, so that all the three are one God as to substance, but three persons as to individuality. 2. Any union of three in one; three units treated as one; a triad, as
• UNIONISTIC
  Of or pertaining to union or unionists; tending to promote or preserve union.
• NUMBER
  1. To count; to reckon; to ascertain the units of; to enumerate. If a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. Gen. xiii. 16. 2. To reckon as one of a collection or multitude. He was numbered with the
• NUMBERLESS
  Innumerable; countless.
• NUMBERS
  of Number. The fourth book of the Pentateuch, containing the census of the Hebrews.
• UNIONISM
  1. The sentiment of attachment to a federal union, especially to the federal union of the United States. 2. The principles, or the system, of combination among workmen engaged in the same occupation or trade.
• NUMBERER
  One who numbers.
• ANALOGOUS
  Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to. Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. De Quincey. Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death. J.
• THEOLOGICAL
  Of or pertaining to theology, or the science of God and of divine things; as, a theological treatise. -- The`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
• UNIONIST
  1. One who advocates or promotes union; especially a loyal supporter of a federal union, as that of the United States. 2. A member or supporter of a trades union.
• UNION
  A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, or the like, as the elastic pipe of a tender connecting it with the feed pipe of a locomotive engine; especially, a pipe fitting for connecting pipes, or pipes and fittings, in such a way as
• NUMBEROUS
  Numerous. Drant.
• INTERCOMMUNION
  Mutual communion; as, an intercommunion of deities. Faber.
• REUNION
  1. A second union; union formed anew after separation, secession, or discord; as, a reunion of parts or particles of matter; a reunion of parties or sects. 2. An assembling of persons who have been separated, as of a family, or the members of a
• NONUNIONIST
  One who does not belong, or refuses to belong, to a trades union.
• EXCOMMUNION
  . A shutting out from communion; excommunication. Excommunication is the utmost of ecclesiastical judicature. Milton.
• ATHEOLOGICAL
  Opposed to theology; atheistic. Bp. Montagu.
• NONUNION
  1. Not belonging to, or affiliated with, a trades union; as, a nonunoin carpenter. 2. Not recognizing or favoring trades unions or trades-unionists; as, a nonunion contractor. --Non*un"ion*ism , n.
• OUTNUMBER
  To exceed in number.
• DISUNIONIST
  An advocate of disunion, specifically, of disunion of the United States.
• DISUNION
  1. The termination of union; separation; disjunction; as, the disunion of the body and the soul. 2. A breach of concord and its effect; alienation. Such a disunion between the two houses as might much clouClarendon. 3. The termination or disruption
• ANTENUMBER
  A number that precedes another. Bacon.
• POSTCOMMUNION
  The concluding portion of the communion service.
• MISNUMBER
  To number wrongly.
• TRADES-UNIONIST; TRADE-UNIONIST
  A member of a trades union, or a supporter of trades unions.
• ART UNION
  An association for promoting art , and giving encouragement to artists.
• WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION
  An association of women formed in the United States in 1874, for the advancement of temperance by organizing preventive, educational, evangelistic, social, and legal work.
• ANTECOMMUNION
  A name given to that part of the Anglican liturgy for the communion, which precedes the consecration of the elements.