trinity

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trinity - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Trinity \Trin"i*ty\, n. [OE. trinitee, F. trinit['e], L.
     trinitas, fr. trini three each. See Trinal.]
     1. (Christian Theol.) The union of three persons (the Father,
        the Son, and the Holy Ghost) in one Godhead, so that all
        the three are one God as to substance, but three persons
        as to individuality.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Any union of three in one; three units treated as one; a
        triad, as the Hindu trinity, or Trimurti.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Any symbol of the Trinity employed in Christian art,
        especially the triangle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Trinity House, an institution in London for promoting
        commerce and navigation, by licensing pilots, ordering and
        erecting beacons, and the like.
  
     Trinity Sunday, the Sunday next after Whitsunday; -- so
        called from the feast held on that day in honor of the
        Holy Trinity.
  
     Trinity term. (Law) See the Note under Term, n., 5.
        [1913 Webster]

trinity - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  trinity
      n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
           [syn: three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce,
           leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary,
           ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce- ace
           ]
      2: the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead
         [syn: Trinity, Holy Trinity, Blessed Trinity, Sacred   Trinity
         ]
      3: three people considered as a unit [syn: trio, threesome,
         triad, trinity]

trinity - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Trinity
  a word not found in Scripture, but used to express the doctrine
  of the unity of God as subsisting in three distinct Persons.
  This word is derived from the Gr. trias, first used by
  Theophilus (A.D. 168-183), or from the Lat. trinitas, first used
  by Tertullian (A.D. 220), to express this doctrine. The
  propositions involved in the doctrine are these: 1. That God is
  one, and that there is but one God (Deut. 6:4; 1 Kings 8:60;
  Isa. 44:6; Mark 12:29, 32; John 10:30). 2. That the Father is a
  distinct divine Person (hypostasis, subsistentia, persona,
  suppositum intellectuale), distinct from the Son and the Holy
  Spirit. 3. That Jesus Christ was truly God, and yet was a Person
  distinct from the Father and the Holy Spirit. 4. That the Holy
  Spirit is also a distinct divine Person.

trinity - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Trinity, AL (town, FIPS 76872)
    Location: 34.59860 N, 87.08983 W
    Population (1990): 1380 (501 housing units)
    Area: 8.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 35673
  Trinity, KY
    Zip code(s): 41179
  Trinity, NC (CDP, FIPS 68400)
    Location: 35.88786 N, 80.01453 W
    Population (1990): 5469 (2199 housing units)
    Area: 33.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 27370
  Trinity, TX (city, FIPS 73664)
    Location: 30.94420 N, 95.37333 W
    Population (1990): 2648 (1289 housing units)
    Area: 9.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 75862

trinity - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "trinity":
     clover, deuce-ace, leash, set of three, shamrock, tercet, ternary,
     ternion, terzetto, three, threeness, threesome, tierce, trefoil,
     trey, triad, triality, trialogue, triangle, tricorn, trident,
     triennium, trihedron, trilogy, trimester, trine, trinomial, trio,
     triphthong, triple, triple crown, triple threat, tripleness,
     triplet, triplicity, triplopy, tripod, triptych, trireme, triseme,
     triskelion, trisul, triumvirate, triune, triunity, trivet,
     troika