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