[ad. late L. quadriformis: see QUADRI- and -FORM. Cf. obs. F. quadriforme.] Having four forms or aspects.
1668. H. More, Div. Dial., V. x. (1713), 440. This quadriform aspect of the Cherubims.
1850. Neale, Med. Hymns (1867), 109. Quadriform His Acts, which writing They produce before our eyes.
1858. Mayne, Expos. Lex., Quadriformis, applied to a crystal which presents the combination of four distinct forms quadriform.
1874. Supernat. Relig., II. III. ii. 476. For quadriform are the living creatures, quadriform is the Gospel, and quadriform the course of the Lord.