tesseradecade
tesseradecade noun: a group of fourteen.
Noun
tesseradecade (plural tesseradecades)
- A group of fourteen.
- For inſtance ; it is allowed by all the Commentators, both antient and modern, that in the ſecond of thoſe Teſſeradecades, or periods of fourteen generations, into which Matthew has diſtributed the whole Genealogy, he has either willfully ſuppreſſed, or negligently omitted three ſucceſſive deſcents...1752, Conyers Middleton, “Reflections on the Variations, or Inconſiſtencies, Which are found among the Four Evangelists In their different Accounts of the ſame Facts”, in The Miscellaneous Works of...
- He divides the whole number of generations enumerated by him into three equal portions, each containing fourteen generations, viz. from Abraham to David, from David to the captivity, and from the captivity to Christ. It is to the two former tesseradecades that we have to address ourselves at...1853, Arthur Hervey, The Genealogies of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Cambridge: Macmillan, →OL, pages 62–63
Forms of tesseradecade
| plural | tesseradecades |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tessaradecad |
Origin of tesseradecade
From tessera- + deca- + -ade.
Questions about tesseradecade
- What does tesseradecade mean?
- Tesseradecade means a group of fourteen.
- What part of speech is tesseradecade?
- Tesseradecade is a noun.
- What is the plural of tesseradecade?
- The plural of tesseradecade is tesseradecades.
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