triplicity

American  

[trih-plis-i-tee] / trɪˈplɪs ɪ ti /

noun

plural

triplicities

1. the quality or state of being triple; threefold character or condition.

2. a group or combination of three; triad.

3. Astrology. the division of the signs of the zodiac into four groups of three signs each, the fire signs, the earth signs, the air signs, and the water signs, with each sign separated from others within the group by 120 degrees of the ecliptic.

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triplicity British  

/ trɪˈplɪsɪtɪ /

noun

1. a group of three things

2. the state of being three

3. astrology any of four groups, earth, air, fire, and water, each consisting of three signs of the zodiac that are thought to have something in common in their nature

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Etymology

Origin of triplicity

1350–1400; Middle English triplicite < Late Latin triplicitās threefold state. See triplex, -ity

Example Sentences

Gabrielle's duplicity soon turns into triplicity, and before the episode ends, she has two more victims.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tobey, of course, discovers Quigley's triplicity and decides to punish him with overindulgence.

From Time Magazine Archive

Having thus described the nation as an organic totality, he goes on to point out that the political constitution shows this character by forming a triplicity of political orders.

From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich

He poisoned James's mind incurably against 'those wicked villains,' 'that crew,' and its 'hypocrisy,' the 'accursed duality,' or 'the triplicity that denies the Trinity.'

From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)

The triplicity lies in the manner in which the books were collected.

From The Canon of the Bible by Davidson, Samuel