Meaning of quincuncial | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Arranged in a quincunx.
2. Having the leaves of a pentamerous calyx or corolla so imbricated that two are exterior, two are interior, and the other has one edge exterior and one interior.

Examples

“Of this Quincunciall Ordination the Ancients practiſed much[,] diſcourſed little; […]”

“In architecture the quincunxial shape⟳ was considered a sort⟳ of housing for the divine power – a battery, if you like⟳, which gathered into itself the divinity as it tried to pour⟳ earthward, to earth itself – just like⟳ an electrical current does.”

“quincuncial aestivation”

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