trinity English · revision 15269

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=probably before 1200|origins=la trēs}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈtɹɪnɪti/ ''(UK)''; /ˈtɹɪnəti/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|trinite]], [[bor|fro|trinité|t=the Holy Trinity]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[la-lat|trīnitās|t=Trinity, triad]] (in Tertullian),^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) a translation of [[grc|τριάς|tr=triás]],^(MWU 2024) from [[m|la|trīnus|t=threefold]],^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) from [[m|la|trīnī|t=three at a time]], related to [[m|la|trēs|t=three]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The union of Father, Son and Holy Spirit in one God: probably before 1200, in the ''Ancrene Riwle'', in Barnhart;^(Barnhart 1988) the early 13th century in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The theological sense came first;^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) the state of being threefold is found from about 1425,^(OED 1989) and any group of three persons or things from 1542.^(OED 1989) The word also names the festival of the Holy Trinity, Trinity Sunday.^(OED 1989)^(AHD)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * probably before 1200 – the Christian Trinity.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1215–30 – the festival of the Trinity.^(OED 1989)

+ * ?c. 1425 – threefoldness.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1542 – any set of three.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # In Christian [[theology]], the union of three persons, the Father, Son and [[Holy Spirit]], in one God.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A group of three closely related members.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # [[Trinity Sunday]].^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[trinitarian]]

+ * [[holy trinity]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[triangle]]

+ * [[triarchy]]

+ * [[trichotomy]]

+ * [[trinary]]

+ * [[triple]]

+ * [[triumvirate]]

+ * [[triune]]

+ * [[three]]

+ * [[trine]]

+ * [[triad]]

+ * [[trio]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ In West Yorkshire, Trinity was an annual feast at Kirkburton and nearby, held on Trinity Sunday and the two days after.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}