Trinity
[trin-i-tee]
- Also called Blessed Trinity, Holy Trinity. the union of three persons (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) in one Godhead, or the threefold personality of the one Divine Being.
- a representation of this in art.
- Trinity Sunday.
- (lowercase) a group of three; triad.
- (lowercase) the state of being threefold or triple.
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Origin of Trinity
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Examples from the Web for trinity
Contemporary Examples
There is this trinity of female mourning: for your grandmother, your mother, and your unborn daughter.
When the first council was called, there was no formal doctrine of the Trinity.
A fellow student named Trinity McCool credited him on Twitter with saving her and a friend.
He grew up in Dublin and studied at Trinity College, as did all my cousins.
The show was set in fictional Trinity College and filmed at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Historical Examples
The Trinity had, so to speak, come between me and the Godhead.
The Conquest of FearBasil King
Not the Trinity should come first to powers so limited as mine—but God.
The Conquest of FearBasil King
The phallic meaning of all this is evident; and a kind of Trinity is presented to us, viz.
The Non-Christian CrossJohn Denham Parsons
The Trinity is one of the most sublime mysteries of our holy religion.
The Devil's DictionaryAmbrose Bierce
The Dominican convent is there, just below the Trinity de' Monti.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
trinity
- a group of three
- the state of being threefold
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Word Origin
C13: from Old French trinite, from Late Latin trīnitās, from Latin trīnus triple
Trinity
- Also called: Holy Trinity, Blessed Trinity Christian theol the union of three persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in one Godhead
- See Trinity Sunday
- Holy Trinity a religious order founded in 1198
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Word Origin and History for trinity
n.
early 13c., "the Father, Son and Holy Spirit," constituting one God in prevailing Christian doctrine, from Old French trinite (11c.), from Latin trinitatem (nominative trinitas) "Trinity, triad" (Tertullian), from trinus "threefold, triple," from plural of trini "three at a time, threefold," related to tres (neuter tria) "three." The Latin word was widely borrowed in European languages with the rise of Christianity (e.g. Irish trionnoid, Welsh trindod, German trinität).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Trinity
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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