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Meaning of trinity | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈtɹɪnɪti

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca təslis
Български тройка
Català Trinitat trio
Čeština trojice
Cymraeg Trindod
Esperanto Triunuo
Español trinidad trío
Eesti kolmainsus
Français triade trinité Trinity
Galego Trindade
हिन्दी त्रित्व
Bahasa Indonesia trinitas tritunggal
Íslenska þrenning
Italiano trinità
ქართული სამება
한국어 삼위일체
Latina trīnitās
Македонски тројство
Português tríade trindade trio
Српски trojstvo тројство
Kiswahili utatu
Türkçe teslis üçleme
Українська трі́йка трійця

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

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