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Trinitytide

American  
[trin-i-tee-tahyd] / ˈtrɪn ɪ tiˌtaɪd /

noun

  1. the period between Trinity Sunday and Advent.

Etymology

Origin of Trinitytide

First recorded in 1505–15; Trinity + tide 1

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Those are great words for you to think of now, and during this long Trinitytide which is symbolical of what one might call the humdrum of religious life, the day in day out sticking to it, make a resolution never to say mechanically The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore.

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