Trinitarian
Americanadjective
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believing in or adhering to the doctrine of the Trinity.
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pertaining to Trinitarians, or believers in the doctrine of the Trinity.
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belonging or pertaining to the religious order of Trinitarians.
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of or relating to the Trinity.
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(lowercase) forming a trinity; threefold; triple.
noun
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a person who believes in the doctrine of the Trinity.
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a member of the “Order of the Holy Trinity,” a religious order founded in 1198 to redeem Christian captives of the Muslims.
noun
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a person who believes in the doctrine of the Trinity
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a member of the Holy Trinity See Trinity
adjective
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of or relating to the doctrine of the Trinity or those who uphold it
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of or relating to the Holy Trinity
Other Word Forms
- Trinitarianism noun
- anti-Trinitarian adjective
- non-Trinitarian adjective
- pro-Trinitarian adjective
- untrinitarian adjective
Etymology
Origin of Trinitarian
1555–65; < New Latin trīnitāri ( us ) of the Trinity ( Trinity, -ary ) + -an
Example Sentences
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Tom said he’ll donate some of his Guinness winnings to the Trinitarians, the priestly order that runs DeMatha and whose outpost in Poland is aiding refugees from Ukraine.
From Washington Post
It’s “our crown and our cross,” said the Trinitarian Rev. James Day, president of DeMatha.
From Washington Post
According to records, the grave of the writer who pioneered the modern novel was lost in the Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians, where he had asked to be buried after his death in 1616.
From BBC
Deep in the catacombs of Madrid’s Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians, the bones of literary heavyweight Miguel de Cervantes, the celebrated Spanish author best known for penning Don Quixote, have possibly been unearthed.
From Newsweek
His bones were found with his wife’s and others in a crypt in the Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians, the BBC reports.
From Time
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