trinity
part of speech
noun (the Trinity; a trinity, trinities)
meaning for a pupil
1) (church) The Trinity is the Christian belief that there is one God who is three persons: the Father, the Son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit. tree →
2) A trinity is any group of three things or people that belong closely together. tree →
sense in the lessons
In religious education Christians believe in the Holy Trinity, and it is shown with symbols such as the shamrock or a triangle; Trinity Sunday is a feast in the church year. Many churches, schools and colleges are named Trinity. In everyday writing «a trinity» is a set of three. Phrases: «the Holy Trinity», «Trinity Sunday», «Trinity College», «an unholy trinity» (three bad things together, joking).
examples
- ShMA is in Chaldee a name for the Trinity (Parkhurst). (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- Christians believe in the Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. tree →
- Saint Patrick is said to have used a shamrock to explain the Trinity. tree →
- Our church is called Holy Trinity Church. tree →
- The priest preached about the Trinity on Trinity Sunday. tree →
- Reading, writing and maths are the trinity of basic skills. tree →
- The triangle on the window stands for the Trinity. tree →
- Wind, rain and cold were the trinity that ruined our picnic. tree →
note
Capital T for the Christian belief. Countable when it means any set of three. Jews and Muslims do not believe in the Trinity; Christians say it is a mystery that is hard to explain fully. Related: triple, trio, tri- (three).
In the corpora
- The Trinity means one God in three persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
- A few groups that call themselves Christian do not accept the Trinity.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «trinity» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.