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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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