tritheism
[ trahy-thee-iz-uh m ]
/ ˈtraɪ θiˌɪz əm /
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noun Theology.
belief in three Gods, especially in the doctrine that the three persons of the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) are three distinct Gods, each an independent center of consciousness and determination.
Nearby words
- tritagonist,
- tritanomaly,
- tritanopia,
- trite,
- tritely,
- trithing,
- tritiate,
- triticale,
- triticum,
- tritium
Origin of tritheism
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Examples from the Web for tritheism
And this is naturally to be expected, because God is one Trinitarianism is not Tritheism.
The Theology of Holiness|Dougan ClarkBut, unhappily, in his zeal against Socinians and Sabellians, he used expressions which might be construed into Tritheism.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington MacaulayThe treatise appeared to this professor anti-trinitarian, not in the direction of Unitarianism, however, but of Tritheism.
Pages From an Old Volume of Life|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
tritheism
/ (ˈtraɪθɪˌɪzəm) /
noun
theol belief in three gods, esp in the Trinity as consisting of three distinct gods
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