Meanings
plural Trinity Sundays
- The Sunday after Whitsunday/Pentecost in the Western Christian tradition (or the Sunday of Pentecost in the Eastern Christian tradition), observed as a liturgical feast in honor of the Holy Trinity.
He [Edward the Black Prince] lived to come home and make himself popular with the people and Parliament, and he died on Trinity Sunday, the eighth of June, one thousand three hundred and seventy-six, at forty-six years old.
1852–1854, Charles Dickens, chapter XVIII, in A Child's History of England, London: Chapman & Hall, published 1905Synonyms: Trinity
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe Sunday after Whitsunday/Pentecost in the Western Christian tradition (or the Sunday of Pentecost in the Eastern Christian tradition), observed as a liturgical feast in honor of the Holy Trinity.
Origin
Trinity (“the Christian Holy Trinity”) + Sunday
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian Ден на Света Троица
- Ден на Света Троица (Den na Sveta Troica)Sunday after Whitsunday
Catalan Diumenge de Trinitat
- Diumenge de TrinitatSunday after Whitsunday
Dutch Trinitatis
- TrinitatisSunday after Whitsunday
Finnish Pyhän Kolminaisuuden päivä
- Pyhän Kolminaisuuden päiväSunday after Whitsunday
German Trinitatis, Dreifaltigkeitssonntag
- TrinitatisSunday after Whitsunday
- DreifaltigkeitssonntagSunday after Whitsunday
- DreieinigkeitsfestSunday after Whitsunday
- TrinitatisfestSunday after Whitsunday
Norwegian Bokmål Treenighetssøndag
- TreenighetssøndagSunday after Whitsunday
Polish Święto Trójcy Świętej
- Święto Trójcy ŚwiętejSunday after Whitsunday
Spanish Domingo de Trinidad, Domingo de la Santísima Trinidad
- Domingo de TrinidadSunday after Whitsunday
- Domingo de la Santísima TrinidadSunday after Whitsunday
Swedish trefaldighet, trinitatis
- trefaldighetSunday after Whitsunday
- trinitatisSunday after Whitsunday
Cite this entry
Trinity Sunday. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Trinity%20Sunday
“Trinity Sunday.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Trinity%20Sunday. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Trinity Sunday,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Trinity%20Sunday.
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