Trinity Sunday

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noun

the Sunday after Pentecost, observed as a festival in honor of the Trinity.

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Origin of Trinity Sunday

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Words nearby Trinity Sunday

trinitrophenylmethylnitramine, trinitrotoluene, Trinity, Trinity Brethren, Trinity House, Trinity Sunday, Trinity term, Trinitytide, trinket, trinketer, trinketry

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How to use Trinity Sunday in a sentence

Congress is nearing a vote on the Keystone XL pipeline, and lawmakers made their cases for—and against—it Sunday.
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That was accomplished by cops such as the one whose picture was clutched so tightly by his widow on Sunday.
Funeral Protest Is Too Much for NYPD Union Boss|Michael Daly|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Scott, who died Sunday at 49, could go from evoking a Baptist preacher to quoting Public Enemy.
Remembering ESPN’s Sly, Cocky, and Cool Anchor Stuart Scott|Stereo Williams|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
When ‘Downton Abbey’ returns Sunday night, its fashion fans are in for a familiar treat.
What Downton’s Fashion Really Means|Katie Baker|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Those who are not working on Sunday will almost certainly attend the funeral for Liu.
Cop Families Boo De Blasio at NYPD Graduation|Michael Daly|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The scene is the covenant made between the two first persons of the Trinity on Mount Moriah.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
A little boy aged two years and four months was deprived of a pencil from Thursday to Sunday for scribbling on the wall-paper.
Children's Ways|James Sully
And sure enough when Sunday came, and the pencil was restored to him, he promptly showed nurse his picture.
Children's Ways|James Sully
The fact that the day following the punishment parade was a Sunday brought about a certain relaxation from discipline.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Hagley Road, on Sunday evenings, is particularly affected by some as their favourite promenade.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell

British Dictionary definitions for Trinity Sunday

Trinity Sunday

noun

the Sunday after Whit Sunday

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