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Meaning of TETRAMORPH

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tet"ra*morph\, n. [Tetra- + Gr. ? form, figure: cf.
Gr. ? fourfold.] (Christian Art)
The union of the four attributes of the Evangelists in one
figure, which is represented as winged, and standing on
winged fiery wheels, the wings being covered with eyes. The
representations of it are evidently suggested by the vision
of Ezekiel (ch. i.)
 
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