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nounA text presented in four parallel versions, especially (historical) the version of the Bible presented in such a fashion by Origen.
Origin
- Ancient Greekτετραπλᾶ
- Englishtetrapla
From Ancient Greek τετραπλᾶ (tetraplâ), neuter plural of τετραπλοῦς (tetraploûs, “fourfold”), from τετρα- (tetra-, “tetra-: four”) + -πλόος (-plóos, “-fold”).
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