trinity
/ˈtɹɪnəti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The state of being three; independence of three things; things divided into three.
name
A female given name from English used since the 1970s, from the religious term trinity, or translated from its long-established Spanish equivalent.
name
A male given name.
name
A small coastal town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
name
A city in North Carolina.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: threesome, triad, trio, trine, troika, triumvirate; see also Thesaurus:trio"
- "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."
Etymology
From Middle English trinite, from Anglo-Norman trinite and Old French ternite (modern French trinité), from Latin trīnitās, from trīnī (“three each”), from trēs (“three”). By surface analysis, trine + -ity. Displaced native Old English þrines (literally “threeness”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: trinite, ternite, trīnitās
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɹɪnəti/
- British English: /ˈtɹɪnɪti/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Religion.