quinquagene

English

Etymology

From the shared title of three works of St. Augustine, Medieval Latin Quinquagena either directly or via Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Latin quīnquāgēnī (“50 each”), distributive form of quīnquāgintā (“50”). Cognate with quinquagent.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɪŋkwəˌd͡ʒin/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɪŋkwəd͡ʒiːn/

Noun

quinquagene (plural quinquagenes)

(Christianity) A set of 50 psalms, typically with an analytical commentary.

Hypernyms

psalter, Psalms

References

“quinquagene, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.

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