trinity means in Christian belief, the three persons of the Godhead: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It carries an Arena rating of 1666, earned across 21 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, trinity ranks #1,872 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words, #2,099 of 42,747 for Qualifying, #2,442 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #3,079 of 17,126 for Most Elegant Words.
trinity is pronounced /ˈtɹɪ.nɪ.ti/.
Why “trinity” is a great word
The unity of three distinct persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—in one Godhead. From the Latin *trinitas* (“triad, the number three”), from *trinus* (“threefold”), from *tres* (“three”); the theological term was coined in Latin by the early Christian writer Tertullian (c. 155–c. 240 CE). Unlike “triad”—which can denote any secular or mythological group of three—or “triunity”—its more technical synonym—the Trinity carries the weight of mystery and daily devotion, the word believers actually speak in prayer. It is the three flames of a single candle, the root, trunk, and crown of one living tree, and the mind that conceives a thought, the word that gives it form, and the breath that carries it into the world: a geometry of the divine that defies all mortal arithmetic.
Etymology
By proprialization from trinity.
name
- In Christian belief, the three persons of the Godhead: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.e.g.“He speaks distinctly of the Trinity of the godhead in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.” — 1836, Thomas Robbins, A Discourse on the Doctrine of the Trinity, page 17:
- A female given name from English used since the 1970s, from the religious term trinity, or translated from its long-established Spanish equivalent.
- A male given name.
- A small coastal town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- A town in Alabama.
- A city in North Carolina.
- A city and town in Texas.
- The world's first nuclear explosion: a nuclear test on July 16, 1945, in New Mexico.
noun
- A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one.e.g.“Near-synonyms: threesome, triad, trio, trine, troika, triumvirate; see also Thesaurus:trio”
- The state of being three; independence of three things; things divided into three.
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