trinaladj.
/ˈtrʌɪnəl/ 1. Composed or consisting of three parts; threefold; triple; trine.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > condition of being threefold > [adjective]
thrilec725
threefoldc1000
treblec1374
trinec1386
thrinfalda1400
tripartitec1420
triparted1429
ternaryc1430
trinary1474
triplicate?a1475
trivial?a1475
triplage1526
threefolded1528
triple1552
treblefold1561
trifold1578
trinal1590
tripart1592
ternal1599
triplexa1616
tergeminous1656
ternarious1656
triplasian1678
triplet1697
ternarian1732
triangular1812
Trinitarian1812
triplasic1864
three-body1936
triplexed1974
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xii. sig. M4v Many an Angels voice, Singing before th'eternall maiesty, In their trinall triplicities on hye.
1622 P. Hannay Sonn. xx, in Nightingale 250 O Trinall-one, one God and Persons three.
1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn ii, in Poems 1 Wherwith he wont at Heav'ns high Councel-Table, To sit the midst of Trinal Unity.
a1843 R. Southey in Fraser's Mag. (1868) LXXVIII. 118 Tercets, or the trinal verse of Dante.
1871 A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley x. 396 The relations which contribute to form distance, and trinal extension.
1907 F. Harrison Philos. Common Sense p. xxviii The synthesis is necessarily dual, or often trinal, in idea.
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the world > the universe > planet > position of planet > aspect > [adjective] > trine
trine1477
trinal1561
trient1563
trigonal1603
trigonical1644
1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation ii. vii. sig. Ei Trinall aspecte, is when betwene the planettes shal be foure signes, which are .120. degrees.
3. Grammar. Applied to a ‘number’ or inflected form expressing three. Also absol. as n.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > number > trinal
trinal1853
1853 Proc. Philol. Soc. (1854) 4 60 A trinal as well as a singular, a dual, and a plural number.
1881 Trans. Victoria Inst. 26 The form of the plural in some languages shows that it was originally a trinal.
Derivatives
triˈnality n. the quality of being trinal.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > condition of being threefold > [noun]
trinity?c1425
triplicity1555
triunion1650
ternariness1662
triunity1816
threeness1829
triadism1846
threesomeness1853
threefoldness1857
trinality1864
triality1872
triplenessc1881
trebleness1888
threefoldedness1905
1864 W. G. T. Shedd Hist. Christian Doctr. (1869) iii. i. 243 Some of the theologies of pagan antiquity contain intimations of trinality in the Divine Being.
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