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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There is this trinity of female mourning: for your grandmother, your mother, and your unborn daughter.
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When the first council was called, there was no formal doctrine of the Trinity.
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A fellow student named Trinity McCool credited him on Twitter with saving her and a friend.
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He grew up in Dublin and studied at Trinity College, as did all my cousins.
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The show was set in fictional Trinity College and filmed at Royal Holloway, University of London.
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He reserved that bit of information for the rector of Trinity when he came in, an hour later.
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I reject the concrete example, but accept the universal doctrine on which the special dogma of the Trinity is erected.
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His letter to the Don of Trinity College who has so long been dead confirms this theory.
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They stripped my master; they left his naked body to wolves and crows on Trinity River.
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The committee accompanied Faraday, who had always been a most energetic worker in the cause of the Trinity House.
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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).

Culture definitions for trinity

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.

Trinity

noun, plural Trin·i·ties for 2, 4.

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