quinary adjective & noun.
['kwʌɪnǝri] E17.[formed as QUINARIUS: see -ARY1.]A. adjective.
1. Of, pertaining to, characterized by, or compounded of, five.
E17.2. Zoology. Pertaining to or designating a former system of classification in which the animal kingdom is divided into five subkingdoms, and each subkingdom into five classes.
obsolete exc.
Hist. E19.3. Of the fifth order or rank; fifth in a series.
E20.b. noun. A set or compound of five things. Now
rare.
M17. ■ qui'narian adjective & noun (
Zoology)
(a) adjective pertaining to or characterized by a quinary division;
(b) noun an advocate of the quinary system of classification:
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