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† quaranty Obs.
Also -ancy.
[ad. It. quarantia, f. quaranta forty: cf. F. quarantie.]
A former court of judicature at Venice, consisting of forty members.
1636E. Dacres tr. Machiavel's Disc. Livy I. 198 They have ordained the Quarantie, or counsell of forty. 1659J. Harrington Lawgiving iii. i. (1700) 439 After the manner of the Venetian Quarancys. 1707J. Stevens tr. Quevedo's Com. Wks. (1709) 446 On his Right was one Chief of the Quarantie. |