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
- Trinitarianism noun
- anti-Trinitarian adjective
- non-Trinitarian adjective
- pro-Trinitarian adjective
- untrinitarian adjective
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
They rejected the Arian view and clarified the Trinitarian view, using technical Greek philosophical terms in which the debate had come to be conducted at that time.
From Newsweek
Of the relatively few El Grecos in the U.S., the chosen canvas is not an anguished saint or sinner, but a corpulent Trinitarian monk at ease in an armchair.
From Time Magazine Archive
This is, in a nutshell, the sum and substance of Trinitarian orthodox Christianity.
From From Bondage to Liberty in Religion A Spiritual Autobiography by Ashley, George T.
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