Meaning of trinity | Babel Free
ˈtɹɪnɪtiDefinitions
- A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one
- A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one.
- In Christian belief, the three persons of the Godhead: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- The state of being three; independence of three things; things divided into three
- The state of being three; independence of three things; things divided into three.
- A female given name from English used since the 1970s, from the religious term trinity, or translated from its long-established Spanish equivalent.
- A male given name.
- A small coastal town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- A town in Alabama.
- A city in North Carolina.
- A city and town in Texas.
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Ellipsis of Trinity term. Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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Ellipsis of Trinity College, Cambridge. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
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Ellipsis of Trinity College, Oxford. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
- The world's first nuclear explosion: a nuclear test on July 16, 1945, in New Mexico.
Equivalents
Examples
“But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.”
“He speaks distinctly of the Trinity of the godhead in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.”
“From all eternity Jesus Christ existed, and Jesus Christ was with God the Father, the first person of the Trinity; and Jesus Christ was God the Son, the second person of the Trinity.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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