triune
/ˈtraɪˌjuːn/
triune adjective: both trine and one at the same time.
Adjective
triune (not comparable)
- Both trine and one at the same time.
- Christians believe in a triune God, meaning that he is three hypostases in perfect unity.
- The entire member seems a dense webbed bed of welded sinews; but cut into it, and you find that three distinct strata compose it:—upper, middle, and lower. […]. This triune structure, as much as anything else, imparts power to the tail.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 86, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
- Of an artistic or literary work composed of three parts united by a single theme.
- And, with that end, Zeus reëmerges as the divine protagonist of the triune drama.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “VIII. The Orestea: III. Eumenides”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 234
triune meaning in Tamil
triune in Tamil
- மூன்றொன்றாக்கம்
Origin of triune
PIE word *tréyes Borrowed from New Latin triūnus.
Words formed from triune
Phrases with triune
Questions about triune
- What does triune mean?
- Triune means both trine and one at the same time.
- What is triune in Tamil?
- Triune in Tamil is மூன்றொன்றாக்கம். See Triune meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is triune?
- Triune is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce triune?
- Triune is pronounced /ˈtraɪˌjuːn/.
Words near triune in the dictionary
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