different between personae vs trinity

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??(?)?s??nai/

Noun

personae

1. plural of persona (alternative spelling of personæ).

Anagrams

• open-arse

Latin

Noun

pers?nae

1. genitive singular of pers?na
2. dative singular of pers?na
3. nominative plural of pers?na

English

Etymology

trine +? -ity, from Old French trinité (French: trinité), from Latin tr?nit?s, from tr?ni (“three each”), from tr?s (“three”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??n?ti/

Noun

trinity (plural trinities)

1. A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one.

   • 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.

2. The state of being three; independence of three things; things divided into three.

Synonyms

• (group of three): threesome, triad, trio, trine, troika, triumvirate; see also Thesaurus:trio
• (independence of three): threeness; see also Thesaurus:threeness

Derived terms

• nontrinitarian
• nontrinitarianism
• trinitarian

Translations

See also

• binitarian
• binity (“twoness”)
• duality (“twoness”)
• quaternity (“fourness”)
• quinity (“fiveness”)
• Trinity
• Trinity College
• unitarian
• unity (“oneness”)