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triune

/ˈtraɪˌjuːn/

triune adjective: both trine and one at the same time.

Adjective

triune (not comparable)

  1. 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
  2. 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

  1. triumviry
  2. triunal
  3. triundecanoin
  4. triundecylin
  5. triundulate
  6. triune
  7. triune brain
  8. triune brains
  9. triunely
  10. triuneness
  11. triunguiculate

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