Trinity

American  

[trin-i-tee] / ˈtrɪn ɪ ti /

noun

plural

Trinities

1. Christianity.

   1. Also called Blessed Trinity.  Also called Holy Trinity.  the Trinity. the union of three persons (Father, Son, andHoly Spirit ) in one Godhead, or the threefold personality of the one Supreme Being.

   2. a representation of this in art.

      Rublev’s Trinity is one of the more famous icons.

2. Trinity Sunday.

3. trinity,

   1. a group of three; triad.

      The region is hampered by an unholy trinity of extremes—extreme climate, extreme poverty, and extreme ideology.

      The 15th century saw the triumph of physics in the trinity of Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton.

   2. triunity.

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trinity ¹ British  

/ ˈtrɪnɪtɪ /

noun

1. a group of three

2. the state of being threefold

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Trinity ² British  

/ ˈtrɪnɪtɪ /

noun

1. Also called: Holy Trinity.   Blessed Trinity.  Christian theol the union of three persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in one Godhead

2. See Trinity Sunday

3. a religious order founded in 1198

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Trinity Cultural  

1. A doctrine of Christianity that there is one God and three divine persons in the one God: the Father, the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit.

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Etymology

Origin of Trinity

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English Trinite, from Old French, from Late Latin trīnitās “triad, trio, the Trinity”; equivalent to trine + -ity

Example Sentences

The musician turned tech entrepreneur demonstrated a so-called autocycle called Trinity at Nvidia's annual developers conference that ends Thursday in the heart of Silicon Valley.

From Barron's

No. 1-ranked St. John Bosco began Trinity League baseball play on Tuesday the same way it has done early in the season — with more good pitching.

From Los Angeles Times

Andrew Jackson, Professor in Zoology in Trinity's School of Natural Sciences and a co author of the study, explained that the research uncovered striking similarities across many forms of life.

From Science Daily

Contreras, who is normally on the mound for Blessed Trinity Catholic High School in the Atlanta suburbs, was about to take on Team USA for Brazil in the World Baseball Classic.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now he joins the Trinity League, where the six schools are battling each other for transfers to prevent rebuilding years that can get you fired.

From Los Angeles Times