trinity

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Trin=i=ty

CIDE DICTIONARY

trinity, n. [OE. trinitee, F. trinité, L. trinitas, fr. trini three each. See Trinal.].

•  The union of three persons (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost) in one Godhead, so that all the three are one God as to substance, but three persons as to individuality.  [1913 Webster]
•  Any union of three in one; three units treated as one; a triad, as the Hindu trinity, or Trimurti.  [1913 Webster]
•  Any symbol of the Trinity employed in Christian art, especially the triangle.  [1913 Webster]

Trinity House, an institution in London for promoting commerce and navigation, by licensing pilots, ordering and erecting beacons, and the like. -- Trinity Sunday, the Sunday next after Whitsunday; -- so called from the feast held on that day in honor of the Holy Trinity. -- Trinity term. (Law) See the Note under Term, n., 5.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

trinity, n. (pl. -ies)
1 the state of being three.
2 a group of three.
3 (the Trinity or Holy Trinity) Theol. the three persons of the Christian Godhead (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit).

Idiom

Trinity Brethren the members of Trinity House. Trinity House Brit. an association concerned with the licensing of pilots, the erection and maintenance of buoys, lighthouses, etc., in England, Wales, etc. Trinity Sunday the next Sunday after Whit Sunday. Trinity term Brit. the university and law term beginning after Easter.

Etymology

ME f. OF trinit{eacute} f. L trinitas -tatis triad (as TRINE)

DEVIL DICTIONARY

trinity

n. In the multiplex theism of certain Christian churches, three entirely distinct deities consistent with only one. Subordinate deities of the polytheistic faith, such as devils and angels, are not dowered with the power of combination, and must urge individually their clames to adoration and propitiation. The Trinity is one of the most sublime mysteries of our holy religion. In rejecting it because it is incomprehensible, Unitarians betray their inadequate sense of theological fundamentals. In religion we believe only what we do not understand, except in the instance of an intelligible doctrine that contradicts an incomprehensible one. In that case we believe the former as a part of the latter.

THESAURUS

trinity

clover, deuce-ace, leash, set of three, shamrock, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threeness, threesome, tierce, trefoil, trey, triad, triality, trialogue, triangle, tricorn, trident, triennium, trihedron, trilogy, trimester, trine, trinomial, trio, triphthong, triple, triple crown, triple threat, tripleness, triplet, triplicity, triplopy, tripod, triptych, trireme, triseme, triskelion, trisul, triumvirate, triune, triunity, trivet, troika

ROGET THESAURUS

trinity

Triality

N triality, trinity, triunity, three, triad, triplet, trey, trio, ternion, leash, shamrock, tierce, spike-team, trefoil, triangle, trident, triennium, trigon, trinomial, trionym, triplopia, tripod, trireme, triseme, triskele, triskelion, trisula, third power, cube, cube root, three, triform, trinal, trinomial, tertiary, ternary, triune, triarch, triadie, triple, tri-, tris-, tria juncta in uno.