triplicity
Americannoun
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the quality or state of being triple; threefold character or condition.
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a group or combination of three; triad.
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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.
noun
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a group of three things
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the state of being three
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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
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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
He apologizes for it; he defends it; for the triplicity is a symbol of godhead, and it means that God is the origin of all life.
From The Jesus of History by Glover, T. R.
We are utterly tired of the triplicity; and we are mistaken if its application here be not as inconsistent as it is arbitrary.
From On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by Ruskin, John
Thirdly, the philosophy of Éliphas Lévi is in direct contrast to Manichæan doctrine; it cannot be explained by dualism, but must be explained by its opposite, namely, triplicity in unity.
From Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer by Waite, Arthur Edward
The following are the zodiacal signs in their regular order, with proper dates, and the four triplicities.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 by Various
It was evident he found more consolation in this than in his philosophical triplicities, for he gradually calmed down and began to lead a more rational life.
From Without Dogma by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
The nativity came to me, and I cast and recast it for the aspects, familiarities, parallels and triplicities of the hour, and always with the same result.
From The Prince of India — Volume 01 by Wallace, Lewis
The four angles of the horoscope correspond to the four elements, the four triplicities, and the four cardinal points, or epochs, in the soul's involution from pure spirit to the crystallizing, inert, mineral state.
From The Light of Egypt; or, the science of the soul and the stars — Volume 2 by Burgoyne, Thomas H.
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