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Threeness

//ˈθɹiːnəs// name, noun

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Proper Noun

1
In Christian belief, the three persons (personae) of the Godhead: Father, Son and Holy Spirit; Trinity.
"[...] and I might not look at the brightness of His face save through a sheen mirror between me and Him that shields my eyes. So I have often seen the Holy Threeness, Father and Son and Holy Ghost, three in one, and but a little while might I bear the light."

Noun

1
The state of being three; triunity; trinity. countable, uncountable
"the Cappadocian Fathers provided a way of speaking about the Trinity which would create a balance between threeness and oneness."
2
A group of three; a trio. countable, uncountable
3
The Trinity. countable, uncountable
"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 [...]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From three + -ness. Compare Middle English þrinnesse, þrimnesse, þremnesse, þrumnesse (“trinity”, literally “three-ness”), Old English þrīnes, þrinnes (“trinity”, literally “three-ness”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English *Threnesse, Thrumnesse, Thrimnesse, from Old English þrynnes, þrinness, variants of Old English þrȳnes, þrīnes (“Trinity”), equivalent to three + -ness.

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