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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Tetragrammaton

· Tet·ra·gram·ma·ton · IPA
01 n. The mystic number four, which was often symbolized to represent the Deity, whose name was expressed by four letters among some ancient nati…
  1. 1.
    The mystic number four, which was often symbolized to represent the Deity, whose name was expressed by four letters among some ancient nations; as, the Hebrew JeHoVaH, Greek qeo`s, Latin deus, etc.