quadripartite adjective. [kwɒdrɪ'pɑ:tʌɪt] Also quadrupartite [kwɒdrʊ-]. LME.
[Latin quadripartitus, formed as QUADRI-, PARTITE.]
1. Divided into or consisting of four parts. LME.
quadripartite division division into four parts, classes, etc.; spec. (Ecclesiastical History) a fourfold division of tithes.
b. spec. Of a contract, indenture, etc.: drawn up in four identical versions. LME.

2. Divided among, shared by, or involving four parties. L16.

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