trinity

noun
/ˈtɹɪnɪti//ˈtɹɪ.nɪ.ti/

Etymology

From Middle English trinite, from Anglo-Norman trinite and Old French ternite (modern French trinité), from Latin trīnitās, from trīnī (“three each”), from trēs (“three”). By surface analysis, trine + -ity. Displaced native Old English þrines (literally “threeness”).

  1. derived from trīnitās
  2. derived from ternite
  3. derived from trinite
  4. inherited from trinite

Definitions

  1. A group or set of three people or things

    A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one.

    • Near-synonyms: threesome, triad, trio, trine, troika, triumvirate; see also Thesaurus:trio
  2. The state of being three

    The state of being three; independence of three things; things divided into three.

  3. In Christian belief, the three persons of the Godhead

    In Christian belief, the three persons of the Godhead: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

    • He speaks distinctly of the Trinity of the godhead in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
    • From all eternity Jesus Christ existed, and Jesus Christ was with God the Father, the first person of the Trinity; and Jesus Christ was God the Son, the second person of the Trinity.
  4. + 10 more definitions
    1. A female given name from English used since the 1970s, from the religious term trinity,…

      A female given name from English used since the 1970s, from the religious term trinity, or translated from its long-established Spanish equivalent.

    2. A male given name.

    3. A small coastal town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

    4. A town in Alabama.

    5. A city in North Carolina.

    6. A city and town in Texas.

    7. Ellipsis of Trinity term.

    8. Ellipsis of Trinity College, Cambridge.

    9. Ellipsis of Trinity College, Oxford.

    10. The world's first nuclear explosion

      The world's first nuclear explosion: a nuclear test on July 16, 1945, in New Mexico.

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