a. rare. [f. as prec. + -AL.] a. = QUATERNARY a. 1. b. erron. = QUADRENNIAL.
1616. R. C., Times’ Whistle, Cert. Poems (1871), 150. His first Advent yeilds a quaternall section, His birth, his life, his death, his resurrection.
1655. Moufet & Bennet, Health’s Improv. (1746), 161. The Carthaginians, whose famous quaternal Feast consisted only of four Dishes.
1813. J. C. Hobhouse, Journey (ed. 2), 581. Prizes distributed at each quaternal celebration of the Olympian games.
