threeness
nounUK /ˈθɹiːnəs/
Etymology From three + -ness. Compare Middle English þrinnesse, þrimnesse, þremnesse, þrumnesse (“trinity”, literally “three-ness”), Old English þrīnes, þrīnness (“trinity”, literally “three-ness”).
1
The state of being three; triunity; trinity.
- the Cappadocian Fathers provided a way of speaking about the Trinity which would create a balance between threeness and oneness.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin Books, page 218:
- [...] This statement focuses more on God's oness than on his threeness.2012, Gilles Emery and Matthew Levering, The Oxford Handbook Of The Trinity:
2
A group of three; a trio.
3
Christianity The Trinity.
- Therefore concern yourselves, you philosophers: how God has created this world in six days. For the work of each day is a creation of a spirit in the Holy Threeness, and the seventh day is the rest of the Sabbath of God, in the seventh [...]2010, Jeff Bachl, translated by Michael L. Birkel, Genius of the Transcendent: Mystical Writings of Jakob Boehme, Shambhala, translation of original by Jakob Boehme:
- Hypernyms
- manyness, tripartiteness
- Hyponyms
- triunity