Thesaurus: trinity

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1. n. The union of three persons (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost) in one Godhead, so that all the three are one God as to substance, but three persons as to individuality.
2. n. Any union of three in one; three units treated as one; a triad, as the Hindu trinity, or Trimurti.
3. n. Any symbol of the Trinity employed in Christian art, especially the triangle.
4. n. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
5. n. three people considered as a unit
6. 1. (Christian Theol.) The union of three persons (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost) in one Godhead, so that all the three are one God as to substance, but three persons as to individuality. 2. Any union of three in one; three units treated as one; a triad, as the Hindoo trinity, or Trimurti. 3. Any symbol of the Trinity employed in Christian art, especially the triangle. Trinity House, an institution in London for promoting commerce and navigation, by licensing pilots, ordering and erecting beacons, and the like. -- Trinity Sunday, the Sunday next after Whitsunday; -- so called from the feast held on that day in honor of the Holy Trinity. -- Trinity term. (Law) See the Note under Term, n., 5.
7. The union of three persons (the Father, the Son, and the HolyGhost) in one Godhead, so that all the three are one God as tosubstance, but three persons as to individuality.
8. n:100 n. the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead