trinity
A group or set of three people or thingsA group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one.
» Do you believe in the trinity?
Meaning
2 sensesA 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
Dreifaltigkeit, Trinität, Dreiheit
тро́йкаtrójka, тро́ицаtróica, тро́еtróje
трі́йкаtríjka, трі́йцяtríjcja, триє́дністьtryjédnistʹ
three people considered as a unit
The state of being three; independence of three things; things divided into three.
Examples
22 sentencesDo you believe in the trinity?
He didn't agree with the trinity.
Muslims consider that the trinity is false.
I couldn't get my arms around the trinity.
Accept the trinity or die.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English trinite, from Anglo-Norman trinite and Old French ternite (modern FrenFrom 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”).
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Forms
plural: trinitiesSynonyms
26 synonyms- the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead:Holy TrinityBlessed TrinitySacred Trinity
- three people considered as a unit:triothreesometriad
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one:three3IIItriothreesometierceleashtroika