TRILOGIES

Noun

trilogies

plural of trilogy

Source: Wiktionary


TRILOGY

Tril"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. Tri-) + trilogie.]

Definition: A series of three dramas which, although each of them is in one sense complete, have a close mutual relation, and form one historical and poetical picture. Shakespeare's " Henry VI." is an example. On the Greek stage, a drama, or acted story, consisted in reality of three dramas, called together a trilogy, and performed consecutively in the course of one day. Coleridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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