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TRINITY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Three people considered as a unit

Synonyms:

threesome; triad; trinity; trio

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("trinity" is a kind of...):

assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trinity"):

triumvirate (a group of three men responsible for public administration or civil authority)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead

Synonyms:

Blessed Trinity; Holy Trinity; Sacred Trinity; Trinity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Trinity" is a kind of...):

Almighty; Creator; Divine; God Almighty; Godhead; Jehovah; Lord; Maker (terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God)

Meronyms (members of "Trinity"):

hypostasis; hypostasis of Christ (any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

Synonyms:

3; deuce-ace; III; leash; tercet; ternary; ternion; terzetto; three; threesome; tierce; trey; triad; trine; trinity; trio; triplet; troika

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("trinity" is a kind of...):

digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)

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