a. [ad. L. quinquepartītus, f. quinque five + partītus pa. pple. of partīrī to divide: cf. F. quinquépartite.] Divided into, consisting of, five parts.
1592. West, 1st Pt. Symbol., § 47. These deedes indented are not only bypartite … but also may be made tripartite,… quinquepartite [etc.].
1677. Plot, Oxfordsh., 107. A sort of quinquepartite or stellated eggs.
1725. Lond. Gaz., No. 6377/1. The Quinquepartite Indenture.
1760. P. Miller, Introd. Bot., 24. A quinquepartite leaf.
1879. Sir G. Scott, Lect. Archit., II. 197. It may be adopted on one side only, and so be quinquepartite [vaulting].
