Trilogy

//ˈtɹɪləd͡ʒi// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A set of three connected works, usually dramas, literary pieces, films, or musical compositions, all related by theme, characters, or setting.

    "That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations."

  2. 2
    a set of three literary or dramatic works related in subject or theme wordnet

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"The world famous Hungarian painter Mihály Munkácsy's Christ Trilogy includes the paintings entitled "Christ before Pilate", "Golgotha" and "Ecce Homo"."

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes Learned borrowing from Latin trilogia, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τριλογία (trilogía, “trilogy”). Morphologically from tri- + -logy.

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