Trinity

[trin-i-tee]

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noun, plural Trin·i·ties for 2, 4.

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.

Origin of Trinity

1175–1225; Middle English Trinite < Old French < Late Latin trīnitās triad, trio, the Trinity, equivalent to trīn(us) threefold (see trine) + -itās -ity

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Related Words for trinity

trio, three, trine, threesome, triad, trilogy, triune

Examples from the Web for trinity

Contemporary Examples of trinity

There is this trinity of female mourning: for your grandmother, your mother, and your unborn daughter.
Meghan Daum On Tackling The Unspeakable Parts Of Life
David Yaffe
December 6, 2014
When the first council was called, there was no formal doctrine of the Trinity.
Plotting Nicea III Could Be Pope Francis's Masterstroke
Candida Moss
June 8, 2014
A fellow student named Trinity McCool credited him on Twitter with saving her and a friend.
Thank God the Murrysville School Attack Wasn’t Guns
Michael Daly
April 9, 2014
He grew up in Dublin and studied at Trinity College, as did all my cousins.
Dame Judi Dench on Playing the Inspiring Philomena
Dame Judi Dench
November 22, 2013
The show was set in fictional Trinity College and filmed at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Cressida Bonas's Risqué Film Role Comes Back To Haunt Her
Tom Sykes
October 17, 2013

Historical Examples of trinity

The Trinity had, so to speak, come between me and the Godhead.
The Conquest of Fear
Basil King
Not the Trinity should come first to powers so limited as mine—but God.
The Conquest of Fear
Basil King
The phallic meaning of all this is evident; and a kind of Trinity is presented to us, viz.
The Non-Christian Cross
John Denham Parsons
The Trinity is one of the most sublime mysteries of our holy religion.
The Devil's Dictionary
Ambrose Bierce
The Dominican convent is there, just below the Trinity de' Monti.
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete
Emile Zola

British Dictionary definitions for trinity

trinity

noun plural -ties

a group of three
the state of being threefold

Word Origin for trinity

C13: from Old French trinite, from Late Latin trīnitās, from Latin trīnus triple

Trinity

noun

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

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).

trinity in Culture

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.