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单词 quinquagene
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quinquagenen.

Brit. /ˈkwɪŋkwədʒiːn/, U.S. /ˈkwɪŋkwəˌdʒin/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quinquagena.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin quinquagena set of fifty psalms (from late 13th cent. in British sources), title of each of the three sections of a work by St Augustine on the psalms (late 15th cent. in work titles) < classical Latin quīnquāgēnī fifty each < quīnquāgintā fifty (see quinquagint n.) + -ēnī , suffix forming distributive adjectives (see nonagenarian n.). Compare French quinquagene (1519).
rare.
A set of fifty psalms. Formerly also: a commentary on a set of fifty psalms.
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a1538 J. Lambert Treat. vnto Henry VIII (?1548) f. 16v Euen as I haue by fore rehearced the foreseyd auctoryte of Augustyne, euen so haue I redde it in hys quinquagenes vpon a psalme, of whych I can not now precysely note or name the nombre.
?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter sig. Cciiii (title) The seconde quinquagene of Dauids psalter, translated into englishe metre.
1843 J. Holland Psalmists Brit. I. 171 The two other quinquagenes or sets of fifty psalms are indicated by half-titles.
1988 Rev. Eng. Stud. 39 353 He himself..translated into English prose the first quinquagene of the Psalms of David..with prefaces to them which appear to reveal some independence of thought.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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