a. [ad. mod.L. quinquarticulār-is, f. quinque five + articulus ARTICLE.] Relating to the five articles or points of Arminian doctrine condemned by the Calvinists at the Synod of Dort in 1618.
1661. Glanvill, Van. Dogm., 102. That darkness and confusion, that is upon the face of the Quinquarticular debates.
1674. Hickman, Hist. Quinquart. (ed. 2), 2. Our Subject must be the unhappy Quinquarticular Controversie.
1755. Carte, Hist. Eng., IV. 53. The troubles, complained of by the Dutch deputies, related to what was called the Quinquarticular controversy.
1834. F. W. Faber, Lett. (1869), 17. The quinquarticular doctrines of the Synod of Dort.
1861. G. G. Perry, Hist. Ch. Eng., I. x. 348. One long versed in the intricacies of these quinquarticular disputes.