triune

[ trahy-yoon ]

adjective

1. three in one; constituting a trinity in unity, as the Godhead.

noun

1. (initial capital letter) the Trinity.

triune

/ ˈtraɪjuːn /

adjective

1. constituting three in one, esp the three persons in one God of the Trinity

noun

1. a group of three
2. often capital another word for Trinity

Derived Forms

• triˈunity, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of triune¹

1595–1605; tri- + -une < Latin ūnus one

Word History and Origins

Origin of triune¹

C17: tri- + -une , from Latin ūnus one

Example Sentences

Modern research in molecular genetics has revealed that the triune brain idea is a myth.

From Nautilus

Modern research in molecular genetics, however, has revealed that the triune brain idea is a myth.

From Nautilus

Nevertheless, the triune brain idea has tremendous staying power because it provides an appealing explanation of human nature.

From Nautilus

I blushed at having said so much, but the triune passion warmed my soul.

From Project Gutenberg

Their guide and comforter, through this waste howling wilderness, was the third person of the Triune-Jehovah.

From Project Gutenberg

The whole of these figures seem to point unmistakably to the origin of the very common belief that the male Creator is triune.

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The central god Osiris is himself triune, as he bears the horns symbolic of the goddess Athor and the feathers of the god Ra.

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For thirty centuries the Egyptians had been familiar with the conception of a triune God.

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