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triune, a. (n.)
(ˈtraɪjuːn, occas. traɪˈjuːn)
[f. tri- + L. ūnus one.]
Three in one; constituting a trinity in unity. a. of the Godhead; also of heathen deities.
1635Quarles Embl. v. viii. 31 The Son and heir to heav'n's Tri-une Jehove. a1711Ken Hymns Festiv. Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 270 We firmly God Triune believe. 1832I. Taylor Saturday Even. (1834) 471 The economy of human Salvation has..signalised the distinction of the Triune Nature. 1904Budge 3rd & 4th Egypt. Rooms Brit. Mus. 82 A figure of..a singing woman of Amen-Rā, adoring the triune form of the sun-god.
b. gen. (often with allusion to a.).
1705Penn in Pa. Hist. Soc. Mem. X. 73 Humility, fear, and love are the triune qualities of a true Christian. 1867Goldw. Smith Three Eng. Statesmen (1882) 8 The triune despotism of the Privy Council, the Star-Chamber, the Court of High Commission. 1874L. Morris Ode Fair Spring Morning 55 Youth, dawn, springtide, triune miracle!
c. Being three at a birth; ‘trin’. rare—1.
1771Stanhope (Durham) Par. Register Baptisms 21 Dec. (MS.), Thomas, William, and George, triune sons of Thomas Thistlewaite.
B. n. A being that is three in one; a group of three things united; a trinity in unity.
1605Timme Quersit. ii. ii. 108 It hath pleased the omnipotent Creator to..showe himself a Unitrine or Triune. a1711Ken Sion Poet. Wks. 1721 IV. 363 The great Triune in Counsel far above. 1866R. S. Candlish 1st Ep. John xlvi. 516 The ‘three in one’ unitedly, ‘the Triune’. 1879G. Meredith Egoist I. v. 67 She had money and health and beauty, the triune of perfect starriness. |