In bot., four- cleft; cut down into four parts to about the middle.
Having given thus a brief outline of the career of the patriarch, the king, and the knave, the life of a priest naturally presents itself as the most fitting to complement the present quadrifid series. Charles Bradlaugh in "Theological Essays".
Having given thus a brief outline of the career of the patriarch, the king, and the knave, the life of a priest naturally presents itself as the most fitting to complement the present quadrifid series.
Not absolutely necessary; not necessary to the existence of a thing; unimportant. ...