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Found 1 definition: trinity.

Pos: Noun

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun trinity has 3 senses

1. trinity(n = noun.quantity) 3, deuce-ace, iii, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trio, triplet, troika - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one;
is a kind of digit, figure

2. trinity(n = noun.person) blessed trinity, holy trinity, sacred trinity - the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead;
is a kind of almighty, creator, divine, god almighty, godhead, jehovah, lord, maker

3. trinity(n = noun.group) threesome, triad, trio - three people considered as a unit;
is a kind of assemblage, gathering
has particulars: triumvirate

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

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

1. 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]

2. Any union of three in one; three units treated as one; a triad, as the Hindu trinity, or Trimurti. [1913 Webster]

3. 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)

[ROGET DICTIONARY]

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.