Tetralogy Definition

tĕ-trălə-jē, -trŏl-
tetralogies
noun
A series of four dramas, three tragic and one satirical, performed in sequence at the ancient Athenian festival of Dionysus.
Webster's New World
Any series of four related plays, novels, etc.
Webster's New World
A complex of four symptoms.
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Other Word Forms of Tetralogy

Noun

Singular:
tetralogy
Plural:
tetralogies

Origin of Tetralogy

  • Greek tetralogiā tetra- tetra- -logos word, saying –logy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From tetra- +"Ž -logy.

    From Wiktionary

Tetralogy Sentence Examples

  • Reference to Malory is alluded to in TH White's novel tetralogy The Once and Future King.

  • Infants born with DiGeorge sequence can have heart defects such as a malformed aortic arch and tetralogy of Fallot.

  • In the autumn he was formally commissioned to proceed with the tetralogy and to furnish proposals for the building of a theatre and the foundation of a Bavarian music school.

  • The success of the opera was very great; but the production of the Nibelung tetralogy as a whole still remained impracticable, though Das Rheingold and Die Walkiire were performed, the one on the 22nd of September 1869 and the other on the 26th of June 1870.

  • The remainder was met by the profits upon performances of the tetralogy at Munich.

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Words Starting With

TTETET

Words Ending With

YGYOGY

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