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A series of three dramas which, although each of them is in one sense complete, have a close mutual relation, and form one historical and poetical picture. Shakespeare's " Henry VI." is an example.

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  1. n. A series of three dramas which, although each of them is in one sense complete, have a close mutual relation, and form one historical and poetical picture. Shakespeare's " Henry VI." is an example.
  2. n. a set of three literary or dramatic works related in subject or theme
  3. A series of three dramas which, although each of them is in one sense complete, have a close mutual relation, and form one historical and poetical picture. Shakespeare's " Henry VI." is an example. On the Greek stage, a drama, or acted story, consisted in reality of three dramas, called together a trilogy, and performed consecutively in the course of one day. Coleridge.
  4. A series of three dramas which, although each of them is in onesense complete, have a close mutual relation, and form one historicaland poetical picture. Shakespeare's " Henry VI." is an example.On the Greek stage, a drama, or acted story, consisted in reality ofthree dramas, called together a trilogy, and performed consecutivelyin the course of one day. Coleridge.
  5. n:100 n. a set of three literary or dramatic works related in subject or theme