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  noun

  a group of three

Trinity

American  

[trin-i-tee] / ˈtrɪn ɪ ti /

noun

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  plural

1. Christianity.

   1. Also called Blessed Trinity, Holy Trinity. the Trinity. the union of three persons (Father, Son, andHoly Spirit ) in one Godhead, or the threefold personality of the one Supreme Being.

   2. a representation of this in art.

      Rublev’s Trinity is one of the more famous icons.

2. Trinity Sunday.

3. trinity,

   1. a group of three; triad.

      The region is hampered by an unholy trinity of extremes—extreme climate, extreme poverty, and extreme ideology.

      The 15th century saw the triumph of physics in the trinity of Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton.

   2. triunity.

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trinity ¹ British  

/ ˈtrɪnɪtɪ /

noun

1. a group of three

2. the state of being threefold

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Trinity ² British  

/ ˈtrɪnɪtɪ /

noun

1. Also called: Holy Trinity, Blessed Trinity. Christian theol the union of three persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in one Godhead

2. See Trinity Sunday

3. a religious order founded in 1198

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Trinity Cultural  

1. 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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

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Etymology

Origin of Trinity

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English Trinite, from Old French, from Late Latin trīnitās “triad, trio, the Trinity”; equivalent to trine + -ity

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Explanation

A trinity is a unit made up of three — like the famous Christian trinity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The prefix tri — which can also be found in triangle — is a clue that this word has to do with the number three. If three people are in charge of a project together, they could be considered a trinity, and a three-person band could be called a trinity.

Example Sentences

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Since 2023, the Trailblazers have always faced a Trinity League roadblock.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

Eilish Rothney, a nature reserve manager for the Trinity Broads at the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, found wasps buzzing around the room in June, when she returned from conducting surveys.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

If I am properly understanding Ms. Noonan’s warning, she is saying AI is at the stage comparable to that of the first full scale test of an atomic bomb at Trinity in 1945.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The Lancers’ only defeats are to Trinity League rivals — three to JSerra and the other to Mater Dei.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

He also had other distractions revolving around his position at Trinity College and his own unorthodox religious convictions.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

My first bite of Hong Kong is a fried soup dumpling, filled with truffled pork and that holy trinity, garlic, ginger, scallion.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

Worries around AI data-center buildouts are a known factor, while second part of that trinity is private credit, which has been funding data-centers and other AI projects, in place of banks.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 15, 2026

The holy trinity of the Ange Postecoglou years - Jota, Kyogo Furuhashi and Liel Abada - broken up.

From BBC ● May 16, 2024

The classic Vietnamese sandwich generally contains a trinity of pork, some crisp, fresh herbs and pickled veggies and creamy pâté.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024

The farmers most knowledgeable about eastern U.S. domesticates, the region’s Native Americans themselves, passed judgment on them by discarding or deemphasizing them when the Mexican trinity arrived.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Remote and deeper in the Trinities than others on this list, the Big Flat campground in Klamath National Forest has nine first-come, first-served campsites just off the South Fork of the Salmon River.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025

Here are some of the campgrounds that hikers should consider when planning a trip to the Trinities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025

Remote and deeper in the Trinities than others on this list, the Big Flat Campground in Klamath National Forest has nine first-come, first-served campsites just off the South Fork of the Salmon River.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025

If you’re hoping to communicate with loved ones when you’re deeper in the Trinities, you’ll want to consider bringing a satellite communicator or ensure your cellphone can use satellites to send text messages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025

With many of the Trinities one feminine form appears, then ever specially connected with the Second Person, and then there is the sacred Quaternary.

From Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries by Annie Wood Besant

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