English Explanatory Dictionary

trinity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one.
  2. The state of being three; independence of three things; things divided into three.
name
  1. In Christian belief, the three persons of the Godhead: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
  2. A female given name from English used since the 1970s, from the religious term trinity, or translated from its long-established Spanish equivalent.
  3. A male given name.
  4. A small coastal town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  5. A town in Alabama.
  6. A city in North Carolina.
  7. A city and town in Texas.
  8. Ellipsis of Trinity term.
  9. Ellipsis of Trinity College, Cambridge.
  10. Ellipsis of Trinity College, Oxford.
  11. The world's first nuclear explosion: a nuclear test on July 16, 1945, in New Mexico.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɹɪnɪti/ en-us-trinity.ogg /ˈtɹɪ.nɪ.ti/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-Trinity.wav

Word forms

trinity trinities

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”).

Synonyms

threesome triad trio trine troika triumvirate tern ternary ternion threeness trinary trinity triplet triality Triunity Holy Trinity

Related words

triangle triarchy triatomicity trichotomy trinary tripartiteness triple triumvirate triune binitarian triunity unitarian Antitrinitarian Nontrinitarian Trinitarian

Derived words

herb trinity holy trinity impossible trinity nontrinitarian nontrinitarianism Texas trinity trinitarian Trinity unholy trinity Trinity Bay Trinity County Trinity Sunday Trinitytide

Translations

Basque: Irune Bulgarian: Тринити Galician: Trindade Polish: Trinity Russian: Три́нити Spanish: Trinidad
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