tricerion · noun — A candlestick with three lights, signifying the trinity. It carries an Arena rating of 1356, earned across 45 head-to-head judged battles.
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Why “tricerion” is a great word
TRICERION — [Noun] A liturgical candlestick bearing three flames, serving as a Christian symbol of the Trinity. From Ancient Greek τρικήριον (trikḗrion), from τρι- (tri-, "three") + κηρός (kērós, "wax, candle") + -ιον (-ion, suffix forming nouns). Unlike a dicerion, which signifies duality with its two lights, or a torchère, a purely functional stand for ambient light, the tricerion is doctrine made manifest in wax and flame. It is the threefold flame trembling in unison before an iconostasis, the long, triple shadow cast upon stone by a bishop's hand, and the pooled wax forming a single, shared base: a tangible geometry for an ineffable mystery, where one light issues from three and three fuse into one.
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek τρικήριον (trikḗrion) from τρι- (tri-) + κηρός (kērós) + -ιον (-ion).
noun
- A candlestick with three lights, signifying the trinity.
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