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Meaning of threeness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈθɹiːnəs/

Definitions

  1. In Christian belief, the three persons (personae) of the Godhead: Father, Son and Holy Spirit; Trinity.
  2. The state of being three; triunity; trinity.
    countable, uncountable
  3. A group of three; a trio.
    countable, uncountable
  4. The Trinity.
    countable, uncountable

Examples

“the Cappadocian Fathers provided a way of speaking about the Trinity which would create a balance between threeness and oneness.”
“[...] This statement focuses more on God's oness than on his threeness.”
“Therefore concern yourselves, you philosophers: how God has created this world in six days. For the work of each day is a creation of a spirit in the Holy Threeness, and the seventh day is the rest of the Sabbath of God, in the seventh [...]”
“[...] and I might not look at the brightness of His face save through a sheen mirror between me and Him that shields my eyes. So I have often seen the Holy Threeness, Father and Son and Holy Ghost, three in one, and but a little while might I bear the light.”
“I'm not sure why God needs three forms — Father, Son, Holy Spirit. I don't know why we just can't say God. ... Jon went on for a while talking about the Trinity, the "Threeness and Oneness." It didn't sound as if he was convinced, though.”
“Therefore concern yourselves, you philosophers: how God has created this world in six days. For the work of each day is a creation of a spirit in the Holy Threeness, and the seventh day is the rest of the Sabbath of God, in the seventh [...]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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