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quinternion|kwɪnˈtɜːnɪən|
[f. L. quinque five, or quintus fifth, after quaternion.]
A set or ‘gathering’ of five sheets of paper.
1652Urquhart Jewel Wks. (1834) 189 The quinternion consisting of five sheets, and the quire of five and twenty. 1883Axon Introd. Caxton's Chesse p. xi, The book..consists of eight quaternions..and one quinternion or section of five sheets folded together. |