TRINITY

trio, threesome, triad, trinity

(noun) three people considered as a unit

Trinity, Holy Trinity, Blessed Trinity, Sacred Trinity

(noun) the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead

three, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-ace

(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

trinity (plural trinities)

A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one.

The state of being three; independence of three things; things divided into three.

Synonyms

• (group of three): threesome, triad, trio, trine, troika, triumvirate; see also trio

• (independence of three): threeness; see also threeness

Etymology

Proper noun

Trinity

(Christianity) In Christian belief, the three persons (personae) of the Godhead: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

A female given name from English used since the 1970s, from the religious term trinity, or translated from its long-established Spanish equivalent.

A male given name

A small coastal town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

A town in Alabama.

A city in North Carolina.

A city and town in Texas.

Trinity term.

Synonyms

• Threeness

Source: Wiktionary


Trin"i*ty, n. Etym: [OE. trinitee, F. trinité, L. trinitas, fr. trini three each. See Trinal.]

1. (Christian Theol.)

Definition: The union of three persons (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost) in one Godhead, so that all the three are one God as to substance, but three persons as to individuality.

2. Any union of three in one; three units treated as one; a triad, as the Hindoo trinity, or Trimurti.

3. Any symbol of the Trinity employed in Christian art, especially the triangle. Trinity House, an institution in London for promoting commerce and navigation, by licensing pilots, ordering and erecting beacons, and the like.

– Trinity Sunday, the Sunday next after Whitsunday; -- so called from the feast held on that day in honor of the Holy Trinity.

– Trinity term. (Law) See the Note under Term, n., 5.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

21 September 2024

CONFORMITY

(noun) acting according to certain accepted standards; “their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices”


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