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holy trinity

Today it means: A triad of people or things considered essential. Full definition →

Middle English holy Trinitee ← Old English hālgu þrines

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holy trinity · noun, proper noun¹

Alluding to the Holy Trinity that Trinitarian Christians worship.

Holy Trinity · proper noun²

Old English · derived fromhālgu þrines
Middle English · inherited fromholy Trinitee
English todayHoly Trinity

From Middle English holy Trinitee, a partial translation of earlier hali þrumnesse, haliʒ ðrymnesse (“holy trinity”, literally “holy threeness”), from Old English hālgu þrines. Equivalent to holy + Trinity.

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