tritheism

[trahy-thee-iz-uhm]

noun

Theology.

1. 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.

tritheism

/ ˈtraɪθɪˌɪzəm /

noun

1. theol belief in three gods, esp in the Trinity as consisting of three distinct gods

Other Word Forms

• tritheistic adjective
• tritheist noun
• tritheistical adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tritheism¹

First recorded in 1670–80; tri- + theism

Example Sentences

In this we find the same peculiar style, the same self-assertion, but we must note, in addition, the distinct tritheism which pervades it.

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Too often it is so held, and so preached and represented, as in this case, that monotheism is tacitly abandoned in favour of ditheism or tritheism. 

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Their pulpits are now resounding with denunciations against the appointment of Doctor Cooper, whom they charge as a monotheist in opposition to their tritheism.

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In the speculation as to the negotiation of this substitutionary transaction, the language of the theologians had degenerated into stark tritheism.

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But in the Pagan and Oriental religions this trinity was nothing else but a tritheism.

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