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quaternioun (s.xiv1)
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quaternioun (s.xiv1)

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  FEW:  quaternio 2/ii,1439b Gdf:  quaternion 6,489b GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF:  quaternion  OED:  quaternion n. and a.  MED:  quaternion n.  DMLBS:  quaternio 2622b

s.

mil.squad of four soldiers: 
( s.xiv1; MS: c.1361 )  il le maunda en chartre, baillaunt a quatre quaterniouns de la chivalers (Latin: quattuor quaternionibus militum) a garder  Actes (A) 367c

[gdw]

See also:

quatre1 
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quaternioun