Trinity
['trɪnɪtɪ] or ['trɪnəti]
Definition
(noun.) the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Any union of three in one; three units treated as one; a triad, as the Hindu trinity, or Trimurti.
(n.) Any symbol of the Trinity employed in Christian art, especially the triangle.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [With The prefixed.] The Holy Trinity, The Godhead.
Editor: Nolan
Definition
n. the union of three in one Godhead: the persons of the Godhead: any symbolical representation of the persons of the Trinity.—adj. Trinitā′rian pertaining to the Trinity or to the doctrine of the Trinity.—n. one who holds the doctrine of the Trinity: a member of the Trinitarian order.—n. Trinitā′rianism the tenets of Trinitarians.—n.pl. Trinitā′rians a religious order founded at Rome in 1198 to redeem Christian captives from the infidels—also Mathurins and Redemptionists.—ns. Trin′ity-house a corporation entrusted with the regulation and management of the lighthouses and buoys of the shores and rivers of England and with the licensing and appointing of pilots for the English coast founded at Deptford in 1518; Trin′ity-Sun′day the Sunday next after Whitsunday the Festival of the Holy Trinity; Trin′ity-term formerly one of the fixed terms of the English law-courts that commenced on Friday next after Trinity Sunday.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
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 claims 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.
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Examples
- Trinity Church was founded in 1696 and rebuilt in 1839. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Their religion is a worship of God in Trinity, that is of Wisdom, Love and Power, but without any distinction of persons. Plato. The Republic.
- The trinity of school topics is subject matter, methods, and administration or government. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Affection, sensuality, companionship, all three very pleasant, very comforting, but Love is greater than such a trinity. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- There is no evidence that the apostles of Jesus ever heard of the Trinity--at any rate from him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Its widespread altars were all addressed to the unseen universal Trinity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But let them have it as an example of the eternal triangle, the trinity of hate. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- We shall see presently how later on all Christendom was torn by disputes about the Trinity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Here it is: Ask for Pompey from Jeremy Dixon, Trinity College. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A very pretty trinity, said Crispin, lighting a cigarette. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Trinity term commenced. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- At length he suggested, 'Near the garden up by the Trinity House on Tower Hill. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The Trinity House installed a station at the East Goodwin Lighthouse, which communicated with shore and proved of the greatest value in preventing shipwrecks. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Typist: Nicholas