trialogue

[ trahy-uh-lawg, -log ]

/ ˈtraɪ əˌlɔg, -ˌlɒg /

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noun

a discussion or conversation in which three persons or groups participate.

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Origin of trialogue

1525–35; tri- + (di)alogue, mistaken as a formation with di-¹

These three characters carried on a conversation (trialogue) in which great truths were boldly professed.
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume V|J. H. Merle d'Aubigné