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Trin⋅i⋅ty

  [trin-i-tee]
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–noun, plural -ties for 2, 4.
1. Also called Blessed Trinity, Holy Trinity. the union of three persons (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) in one Godhead, or the threefold personality of the one Divine Being.
2. a representation of this in art.
3. Trinity Sunday.
4. (lowercase) a group of three; triad.
5. (lowercase) the state of being threefold or triple.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME Trinite < OF < LL trīnitās triad, trio, the Trinity, equiv. to trīn(us) threefold (see trine ) + -itās -ity
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Is the Trinity Biblical?
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www.aremormonschristian.org
trin·i·ty   (trĭn'ĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. trin·i·ties

  1. A group consisting of three closely related members. Also called triunity.

  2. Trinity Theology In most Christian faiths, the union of three divine persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in one God. Also called Trine.

  3. Trinity Trinity Sunday.


[Middle English trinite, from Old French, from Latin trīnitās, from trīnus, trine; see trine.]
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Cultural Dictionary

Trinity

A doctrine of Christianity that there is one God and three divine persons in the one God: the Father, the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Word Origin & History

trinity 
c.1225, "the Father, Son and Holy Spirit," constituting one God in prevailing Christian doctrine, from O.Fr. trinite (11c.), from L. trinitatem (nom. trinitas) "Trinity, triad" (Tertullian), from trinus "threefold, triple," from pl. of trini "three at a time, threefold," related to tres (neut. tria) "three." The L. word was widely borrowed in European languages with the rise of Christianity (e.g. Ir. trionnoid, Welsh trindod, Ger. trinität).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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