triplicity

American  

[trih-plis-i-tee] / trɪˈplɪs ɪ ti /

noun

plural

triplicities

1. the quality or state of being triple; threefold character or condition.

2. a group or combination of three; triad.

3. Astrology. the division of the signs of the zodiac into four groups of three signs each, the fire signs, the earth signs, the air signs, and the water signs, with each sign separated from others within the group by 120 degrees of the ecliptic.

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triplicity British  

/ trɪˈplɪsɪtɪ /

noun

1. a group of three things

2. the state of being three

3. astrology any of four groups, earth, air, fire, and water, each consisting of three signs of the zodiac that are thought to have something in common in their nature

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Etymology

Origin of triplicity

1350–1400; Middle English triplicite < Late Latin triplicitās threefold state. See triplex, -ity

Example Sentences

Tobey, of course, discovers Quigley's triplicity and decides to punish him with overindulgence.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gabrielle's duplicity soon turns into triplicity, and before the episode ends, she has two more victims.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fye, without ceremony lets yoake this triplicity as we did in the daies of olde, with mirth and melody.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

In this statement this master agrees with the philosophers who give a triplicity of essential principles as the base of ontology.

From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various

By the triplicity he signified Ralegh, Cobham, and Northumberland.

From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)