triplicity
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triplicities
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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.
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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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Gabrielle's duplicity soon turns into triplicity, and before the episode ends, she has two more victims.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tobey, of course, discovers Quigley's triplicity and decides to punish him with overindulgence.
From Time Magazine Archive
After you have enjoyed playing this study read Kullak and his "triplicity in biplicity."
From Chopin : the Man and His Music by James Huneker
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 A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
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 T. R. Glover
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 Thomas H. Burgoyne
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 Henryk Sienkiewicz
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 Lewis Wallace
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
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