trinal

[ trahyn-l ]

adjective

1. threefold; triple; trine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of trinal¹

From the Late Latin word trīnālis, dating back to 1555–65. See trine, -al ¹

Example Sentences

Doc′trinal, relating to or containing doctrine: relating to the act of teaching.—adv.

From Project Gutenberg

Nor do they bow down and worship any but the trinal God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

From Time Magazine Archive

That glorious Form, that Light unsufferable, And that far-beaming blaze of Majesty Wherewith He wont at Heaven's high council-table To sit the midst of Trinal Unity, He laid aside; and, here with us to be, Forsook the courts of everlasting day, And chose with us a darksome house of mortal clay.

From Project Gutenberg

All the while he is in earnest, illustrating, as he himself writes in that choice book of his, ‘Theophilus Trinal’—that       ‘the powers that play in fancy,    Can a holy earnest show, As the colours of the bubble    Shine serenely in the bow.’ p. 106His theology we will describe in his own words. 

From Project Gutenberg

That glorious form, that light unsufferable, And that far-beaming blaze of majesty, Wherewith he wont at Heaven’s high council-table 10 To sit the midst of Trinal Unity, He laid aside, and, here with us to be, Forsook the courts of everlasting day, And chose with us a darksome house of mortal clay.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• threefold