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[CIDE DICTIONARY]

quinary, a. [L. quinarius, from quini five each, akin to quinque five: cf. F. quinaire. See Five.].

   Consisting of five; arranged by fives. Boyle. [1913 Webster]

Quinary system (Zoöl.), a fanciful classification based on the hypothesis that each group contains five types.

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

quinary, adj.
1 of the number five.
2 having five parts.

Etymology:
L quinarius f. quini distrib. of quinque five


[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Five

N  five, five, cinque, quint, quincux, six, half-a- dozen, half dozen, seven, eight, nine, three times three, dicker, ten, decade, eleven, twelve, dozen, thirteen, long dozen, baker's dozen, quintuplet, twenty, score, twenty-four, four and twenty, two dozen, twenty-five, five and twenty, quarter of a hundred, forty, two score, fifty, half a hundred, sixty, three score, seventy, three score and ten, eighty, four score, ninety, fourscore and ten, sestiad, hundred, centenary, hecatomb, century, hundredweight, cwt, one hundred and forty-four, gross, thousand, chiliad, millennium, thousand years, grand, myriad, ten thousand, ban, man, ten thousand years, banzai, lac, one hundred thousand, plum, million, thousand million, milliard, billion, trillion, five, quinary, quintuple, fifth, senary, sextuple, sixth, seventh, septuple, octuple, eighth, ninefold, ninth, tenfold, decimal, denary, decuple, tenth, eleventh, duodenary, duodenal, twelfth, in one's 'teens, thirteenth, vicesimal, vigesimal, twentieth, twenty-fourth, vicenary, vicennial, centuple, centuplicate, centennial, centenary, centurial, secular, hundredth, thousandth.