quadripartite

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Simone’s own Four Women, a quadripartite study of black womanhood so unflinching in its pain and outrage that some black radio stations banned it, epitomises her talent for inhabiting characters with her voice.

From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2020

Since the subject had come up, it seemed a good time to list a few of the "big, fat blimps of words" the News was really against: puff balls like "quadripartite," "unilateral" and "directive."

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1949 he organized a group called the Weavers that won a tall reputation for quadripartite purity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Parliament decided that Austria, squeezed in the quadripartite grip of the Big Four and teetering on the verge of chaos, would seek a quick treaty and a quick end to occupation.

From Time Magazine Archive

The roof is a wagon vault pierced with cross-vaults, but not truly quadripartite, and the caps a curious combination of badly cut foliage and scrolls and round-arched arcading.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)