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quadran¹

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Alteration of quadrant.

noun quadrans

  1. obsolete A square, a quadrangle. This temple is square, & doth containe euery way as much ground as a crossebow can reach leuell... In the middest of this Quadern standeth a mount of earth and stone.

quadran²

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Back-formation from quadrans.

noun quadrans

  1. alternative Alternative form of quadrans (“Roman coin”). Truly I say to you, You shall by no means come out from there until you pay the last quadrans.

quadran³

noun quadrans

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of quatrain Where the four first Verses are only a Quadran, and consist of 10 Syllables each in Alternate Rhyme

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@misc{quadran_2026,
  title = {quadran},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quadran},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}