Trinitarian
Americanadjective
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believing in or adhering to the doctrine of the Trinity.
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pertaining to Trinitarians, or believers in the doctrine of the Trinity.
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belonging or pertaining to the religious order of Trinitarians.
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of or relating to the Trinity.
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(lowercase) forming a trinity; threefold; triple.
noun
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a person who believes in the doctrine of the Trinity.
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a member of the “Order of the Holy Trinity,” a religious order founded in 1198 to redeem Christian captives of the Muslims.
noun
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a person who believes in the doctrine of the Trinity
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a member of the Holy Trinity See Trinity
adjective
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of or relating to the doctrine of the Trinity or those who uphold it
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of or relating to the Holy Trinity
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Trinitarian
1555–65; < New Latin trīnitāri ( us ) of the Trinity ( see Trinity, -ary) + -an
Example Sentences
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It’s “our crown and our cross,” said the Trinitarian Rev. James Day, president of DeMatha.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2021
He thought he was a Jew, who worshipped God and not himself: he doesn't even seem to have been bothered much by the niceties of Trinitarian theology.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 1, 2014
But, in harmony with the other New Testament authors, they emphasized the heavenly Father as God and Jesus as the Messiah and Lord, in keeping with standard Trinitarian theology.
From Newsweek
Its adherents usually believe in a single personality, God the Father, instead of a Trinitarian Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
From Time Magazine Archive
This statement of course raises the old question of the Trinitarian controversy, viz., whether two or more persons can have absolutely the same life—which we will not now stop to discuss.
From History of American Socialisms by Noyes, John Humphrey
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