threeness
/ˈθɹiːnəs/
Etymology
From Middle English *Threnesse, Thrumnesse, Thrimnesse, from Old English þrynnes, þrinness, variants of Old English þrȳnes, þrīnes (“Trinity”), equivalent to three + -ness.
threeness means in Christian belief, the three persons (personae) of the Godhead: Father, Son and Holy Spirit; Trinity. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
THREENESS — [Noun] The theological state of being three-in-one, specifically the indivisible unity of the Trinity as a single Godhead. From Middle English *Threnesse*, from Old English þrynnes, þrinness (variants of þrȳnes, þrīnes, meaning "Trinity"), equivalent to three (from Old English þrīe) + -ness (a suffix forming abstract nouns indicating state or quality). Unlike "triad," which charts any secular trio, or "triality," which denotes a dry, philosophical threefoldness, threeness carries the impossible, paradoxical weight of a singular essence expressed as distinct persons. It is the impossible geometry of a trefoil knot, three loops eternally interlocked yet never merging; it is the single chord sustained by three distinct notes; it is the single flame of a lamp fed from three separate wicks—a doctrine not of arithmetic, but of a mystery inhabited.
name
- In Christian belief, the three persons (personae) of the Godhead: Father, Son and Holy Spirit; Trinity.“[...] and I might not look at the brightness of His face save through a sheen mirror between me and Him that shields my eyes. So I have often seen the Holy Threeness, Father and Son and Holy Ghost, three in one, and but a little while might I bear the light.”
noun
- The state of being three; triunity; trinity.“the Cappadocian Fathers provided a way of speaking about the Trinity which would create a balance between threeness and oneness.”
- A group of three; a trio.
- The Trinity.“Therefore concern yourselves, you philosophers: how God has created this world in six days. For the work of each day is a creation of a spirit in the Holy Threeness, and the seventh day is the rest of the Sabbath of God, in the seventh [...]”