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trinity
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)
- 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.
- 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”)
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quaternity
English
Etymology
quatern +? -ity, from Latin quaternitas.
Noun
quaternity (countable and uncountable, plural quaternities)
- (countable) A group or set of four.
- (uncountable) The state of being four.
Synonyms
- (a group of four): quartet, tetrad; see also Thesaurus:quartet
- (state of being four): fourness; see also Thesaurus:fourness
Related terms
- quaternary
- unity (oneness)
- duality (twoness)
- trinity (threeness)
- quinity (fiveness)
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