Vocabulary : Quadragenarious to Quadrantal

Quadragenarious : Consisting of forty; forty years old.
Quadragene : An indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days of ancient canonical penance.
Quadragesima : The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent.
Quadragesimal : Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten.
Quadragesimals : Offerings formerly made to the mother church of a diocese on Mid-Lent Sunday.

Quadrangle : A plane figure having four angles, and consequently four sides; any figure having four angles. ;; A square or quadrangular space or inclosure, such a space or court surrounded by buildings, esp. such a court in a college or public school in England.
Quadrangular : Having four angles, and consequently four sides; tetragonal.
Quadrans : A fourth part of the coin called an as. See 3d As, 2. ;; The fourth of a penny; a farthing. See Cur.
Quadrant : The fourth part; the quarter. ;; The quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a circle, an arc of 90, or one subtending a right angle at the center. ;; One of the four parts into which a plane is divided by the coordinate axes. The upper right-hand part is the first quadrant; the upper left-hand part the second; the lower left-hand part the third; and the lower right-hand part the fourth quadrant. ;; An instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90, with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction.
Quadrantal : Of or pertaining to a quadrant; also, included in the fourth part of a circle; as, quadrantal space. ;; A cubical vessel containing a Roman cubic foot, each side being a Roman square foot; -- used as a measure. ;; A cube.

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