Quincuncial
/kwɪnˈkʌnʃəl/
"Quincuncial" in a Sentence (3 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