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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trinity  \Trin"i*ty\,  n.  [OE.  trinitee  F.  trinit['e],  L. 
  trinitas  fr  trini  three  each  See  {Trinal}.] 
  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  Hindu  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  trinity 
  n  1:  the  cardinal  number  that  is  the  sum  of  one  and  one  and  one 
  [syn:  {three},  {3},  {III},  {trio},  {threesome},  {tierce}, 
  {leash},  {troika},  {triad},  {trine},  {ternary},  {ternion}, 
  {triplet},  {tercet},  {terzetto},  {trey},  {deuce-ace}] 
  2:  the  union  of  the  Father  and  Son  and  Holy  Ghost  in  one 
  Godhead  [syn:  {Trinity},  {Holy  Trinity},  {Blessed  Trinity}] 
  3:  three  people  considered  as  a  unit  [syn:  {trio},  {threesome}, 
  {triad}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Trinity,  AL  (town,  FIPS  76872) 
  Location:  34.59860  N,  87.08983  W 
  Population  (1990):  1380  (501  housing  units) 
  Area:  8.6  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  35673 
  Trinity,  KY 
  Zip  code(s):  41179 
  Trinity,  NC  (CDP,  FIPS  68400) 
  Location:  35.88786  N,  80.01453  W 
  Population  (1990):  5469  (2199  housing  units) 
  Area:  33.5  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  27370 
  Trinity,  TX  (city,  FIPS  73664) 
  Location:  30.94420  N,  95.37333  W 
  Population  (1990):  2648  (1289  housing  units) 
  Area:  9.8  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  75862 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Trinity 
  a  word  not  found  in  Scripture,  but  used  to  express  the  doctrine 
  of  the  unity  of  God  as  subsisting  in  three  distinct  Persons. 
  This  word  is  derived  from  the  Gr  trias,  first  used  by 
  Theophilus  (A.D.  168-183),  or  from  the  Lat.  trinitas  first  used 
  by  Tertullian  (A.D.  220),  to  express  this  doctrine.  The 
  propositions  involved  in  the  doctrine  are  these:  1.  That  God  is 
  one  and  that  there  is  but  one  God  (Deut.  6:4;  1  Kings  8:60; 
  Isa.  44:6;  Mark  12:29,  32;  John  10:30).  2.  That  the  Father  is  a 
  distinct  divine  Person  (hypostasis,  subsistentia  persona, 
  suppositum  intellectuale),  distinct  from  the  Son  and  the  Holy 
  Spirit.  3.  That  Jesus  Christ  was  truly  God,  and  yet  was  a  Person 
  distinct  from  the  Father  and  the  Holy  Spirit.  4.  That  the  Holy 
  Spirit  is  also  a  distinct  divine  Person. 
 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  TRINITY,  n.  In  the  multiplex  theism  of  certain  Christian  churches, 
  three  entirely  distinct  deities  consistent  with  only  one  Subordinate 
  deities  of  the  polytheistic  faith,  such  as  devils  and  angels,  are  not 
  dowered  with  the  power  of  combination,  and  must  urge  individually 
  their  clames  to  adoration  and  propitiation.  The  Trinity  is  one  of  the 
  most  sublime  mysteries  of  our  holy  religion.  In  rejecting  it  because 
  it  is  incomprehensible,  Unitarians  betray  their  inadequate  sense  of 
  theological  fundamentals.  In  religion  we  believe  only  what  we  do  not 
  understand,  except  in  the  instance  of  an  intelligible  doctrine  that 
  contradicts  an  incomprehensible  one  In  that  case  we  believe  the 
  former  as  a  part  of  the  latter. 
 
 




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