trinitarian
UK/ˌtɹɪn.ɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən//ˌtɹɪn.ɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/
trinitarian is the alternative form of Trinitarian.
Noun capitalized: Trinitarian
Trinitarian (plural Trinitarians)
- Someone who believes in the Trinity, the three persons of the Godhead.
- Antonyms:
- antitrinitarian, unitarian
- A member of the Trinitarian order.
Adjective capitalized: Trinitarian
Trinitarian (not comparable)
- Believing in the Trinity.
- It was no less than whether the psychic movement in Britain was destined to take a Unitarian or a Trinitarian course.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
- Of or pertaining to the Trinity (the three persons of the Godhead) or to the doctrine of Trinity.
- The influence of trinitarian iconography is evident to varying degrees. Teresa and Elizabeth, for example, make reference to particular visual images of the Trinity.2010, Anne Hunt, The Trinity: Insights from the Mystics, →ISBN
- Of or pertaining to a trinity, a group of three (almost exclusively when compared to the Christian Trinity).
- In polytheism we find also a tendency to a trinitarian grouping of gods, and in each threefold group one god who was at least primus inter pares.1916, The North American Review, page 400
- See PL 210.54C and James J. Sheridan's stimulating observations on the Trinitarian grouping of Nature, Genius, and Truth (in his note on p. 218).1985, Jan M. Ziolkowski, Alan of Lille's Grammar of Sex: The Meaning of Grammar to a Twelfth-century Intellectual, Medieval Academy of Amer, page 44
Antonyms of trinitarian
Forms of trinitarian
| plural | trinitarians |
|---|---|
| plural | Trinitarians |
| alternative form | trinitarian |
Origin of trinitarian
From French trinitaire (from Medieval Latin trinitarius, from Latin trinitas + -arius) + -ian.
Words formed from trinitarian
Phrases with trinitarian
Words that rhyme with trinitarian
- Darien
- barbarian
- Aryan
- libertarian
- Arian
- documentarian
- humanitarian
- sabbatarian
- sectarian
- unitarian
- vegetarian
- -arian
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- agrarian
- Bulgarian
- caesarian
- catenarian
- librarian
- lunarian
- Marian
- planetarian
- Ripuarian
- Solarian
- alphabetarian
- antiauthoritarian
- aquarian
- Bolivarian
- communitarian
- contrarian
- corpuscularian
- denarian
- flexitarian
- futilitarian
- infirmarian
- Kaffrarian
- necessitarian
- nonsectarian
- paraovarian
- parian
- pollotarian
- proprietarian
- quinarian
- sacramentarian
- sanitarian
- semivegetarian
- Tartarean
- Tartarian
- Tocharian
- tricenarian
- valetudinarian
- vestiarian
- acarian
- actiniarian
- actuarian
- aerarian
- alcyonarian
- altitudinarian
- antelapsarian
- antiacarian
- antiegalitarian
- antilapsarian
Questions about trinitarian
- What does trinitarian mean?
- Trinitarian means someone who believes in the Trinity, the three persons of the Godhead.
- What is trinitarian the alternative form of?
- Trinitarian is the alternative form of Trinitarian.
- What part of speech is trinitarian?
- Trinitarian can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce trinitarian?
- Trinitarian is pronounced /ˌtɹɪn.ɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of trinitarian?
- The plural of trinitarian is trinitarians.
Words near trinitarian in the dictionary
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