trinitarian

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noun

Someone who believes in the Trinity, the three persons of the Godhead.

Meanings

trinitarian1

nountrinitarian (plural trinitarians)

plural trinitarians

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Trinitarian.
adjectivetrinitarian (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of Trinitarian.

Trinitarian2

nounTrinitarian (plural Trinitarians)

plural Trinitarians · alternative trinitarian

  1. Someone who believes in the Trinity, the three persons of the Godhead.

    Antonyms: antitrinitarian, unitarian, Unitarian

  2. A member of the Trinitarian order.
adjectiveTrinitarian (not comparable)

alternative trinitarian

  1. not comparableBelieving in the Trinity.

    It was no less than whether the psychic movement in Britain was destined to take a Unitarian or a Trinitarian course.

    1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
  2. not comparableOf or pertaining to the Trinity (the three persons of the Godhead) or to the doctrine of Trinity.

    The influence of trinitarian iconography is evident to varying degrees. Teresa and Elizabeth, for example, make reference to particular visual images of the Trinity.

    2010, Anne Hunt, The Trinity: Insights from the Mystics, →ISBN
  3. not comparableuncommonOf or pertaining to a trinity, a group of three (almost exclusively when compared to the Christian Trinity).

    It is in Hastings' Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics: […]

    a. 1977, Maulana Abdul Haq Vidyarthi, Allah, The Unique Name of God, A.A.I.I.L. (U.K.), page 47
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    In polytheism we find also a tendency to a trinitarian grouping of gods, and in each threefold group one god who was at least primus inter pares.

    1916, The North American Review, page 400

    See PL 210.54C and James J. Sheridan's stimulating observations on the Trinitarian grouping of Nature, Genius, and Truth (in his note on p. 218).

    1985, Jan M. Ziolkowski, Alan of Lille's Grammar of Sex: The Meaning of Grammar to a Twelfth-century Intellectual, Medieval Academy of Amer, page 44

    […] The ancient Egyptians believed in the Trinitarian group of Osiris, Isis and Horus while the Hindus had Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, and the later Christians described God as God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

    2010, Ebrahim Kazim, Scientific Commentary of Suratul Faateḥah, Pharos Media & Publishing, →ISBN

    […] singularity is transformed into the trinitarian triad of abstract unity (universality), differentiation (particularity and finite singularity), and return (infinite singularity),

    2013, Hyo-Dong Lee, Spirit, Qi, and the Multitude: A Comparative Theology for the Democracy of Creation, Fordham Univ Press, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomeone who believes in the Trinity, the three persons of the Godhead.

Origin

  1. Latintrinitas
  2. Frenchtrinitaire
  3. EnglishTrinitarian

From French trinitaire (from Medieval Latin trinitarius, from Latin trinitas + -arius) + -ian.

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Translations

Catalan trinitari, trinitari
  • trinitariof or pertaining to the doctrine of the Trinity
  • trinitariof or pertaining to the Trinity
Chinese 相信三位一体 相信三位一體
  • 相信三位一体 相信三位一體 (xiangxin sanweiyiti)believing in the Trinity
Czech trinitární, trojiční
  • trinitárníbelieving in the Trinity
  • trojičníbelieving in the Trinity
  • trinitárníof or pertaining to the doctrine of the Trinity
  • trinitologickýof or pertaining to the doctrine of the Trinity
  • trojickýof or pertaining to the Trinity
  • trojičníof or pertaining to the Trinity
Dutch drievuldigheidachtig
  • drievuldigheidachtigbelieving in the Trinity
Finnish kolminaisuusopin kannattaja, trinitaarinen
  • kolminaisuusopin kannattajaa believer in the Trinity
  • trinitaarinenbelieving in the Trinity
  • kolminaisuusopillinenof or pertaining to the doctrine of the Trinity
  • trinitaarinenof or pertaining to the doctrine of the Trinity
  • kolminainenof or pertaining to the Trinity
  • kolmiyhteinenof or pertaining to the Trinity
French trinitaire
  • trinitairebelieving in the Trinity
German Trinitarier, Trinitarierin
  • Trinitariera believer in the Trinity
  • Trinitarierina believer in the Trinity
  • trinitarischbelieving in the Trinity
  • trinitarischof or pertaining to the doctrine of the Trinity
  • trinitarischof or pertaining to the Trinity
Icelandic þrenningarjátandi
  • þrenningarjátandia believer in the Trinity
Indonesian trinitarian
  • trinitariana believer in the Trinity
Italian trinitario
  • trinitariobelieving in the Trinity
Japanese 三位一体の
  • 三位一体のbelieving in the Trinity
Spanish trinitario
  • trinitariobelieving in the Trinity
Swedish trinitarie, trinitarisk
  • trinitariea believer in the Trinity
  • trinitariskbelieving in the Trinity
  • trinitariskof or pertaining to the doctrine of the Trinity
  • trinitariskof or pertaining to the Trinity

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

trinitarian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trinitarian

MLA

“trinitarian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trinitarian. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trinitarian,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trinitarian.

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