Defn: Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten.
QUADRAGESIMALS
Quad`ra*ges"i*mals, n. pl.
Defn: Offerings formerly made to the mother church of a diocese on
Mid-Lent Sunday.
QUADRANGLE Quad"ran`gle, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. quadrangulum; quattuor four + angulus an angle. See Four, and Angle a corner.]
1. (Geom.)
Defn: A plane figure having four angles, and consequently four sides; any figure having four angles.
2. 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
Quad*ran"gu*lar, a. Etym: [Cf. F. quadrangulaire.]
Defn: Having four angles, and consequently four sides; tetragonal.
— Quad*ran"gu*lar*ly, adv.
QUADRANS
Quad"rans, n.; pl. Quadrantes. Etym: [L.]