Tetrapla

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tetrapla \Tet"ra*pla\, n.;
  
     Note: etymologically pl., but syntactically sing. [NL., fr.
           Gr. tetraplo`os, tetraploy^s, fourfold.]
     A Bible consisting of four different Greek versions arranged
     in four columns by Origen; hence, any version in four


     languages or four columns.
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