Triplicity

//tɹɪˈplɪsɪti// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of being triple or threefold; trebleness. countable, uncountable

    "In their trinall triplicities on hye"

  2. 2
    the property of being triple wordnet
  3. 3
    The division of the twelve signs according to the four elements. countable, uncountable

    "he very promptly and speedily formed and fashioned a complete fabric of the houses of heaven in all their parts, whereof when he had considered the situation and the aspects in their triplicities, he fetched a deep sigh, and said: I have clearly enough already discovered unto you the fate of your cuckoldry, which is unavoidable, you cannot escape it."

  4. 4
    (astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees wordnet

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trigontrinitytriplicate

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"In their trinall triplicities on hye"

Etymology

From triplic(ate) + -ity, from Latin triplicitas, from Latin triplex, triplicis (“threefold”). Compare French triplicité. See triplicate.

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