trinal
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of trinal
From the Late Latin word trīnālis, dating back to 1555–65. See trine, -al 1
Example Sentences
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Nor do they bow down and worship any but the trinal God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
From Time Magazine Archive
Up the trinal steps My leader cheerily drew me.
From Purgatory by Mrs. James Sadlier
Up the trinal steps My leader cheerly drew me.
From Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 by John T. (John Theodore) Slattery
These are the basements firm whereon is stayed, Supreme and strong, our new philosophy; The antidotes against that trinal lie Wherewith the burdened world groaning is weighed.
From Sonnets by John Addington Symonds
The object of the school was to find an explanation of the problem of existence, by tracing the evolution of the absolute cause in the universe through a trinal manifestation, as being, thought, and action.
From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Adam Storey Farrar
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