Dictionary

threeness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈθɹiːnəs/ (UK)

Etymology

From three + -ness. Compare Middle English þrinnesse, þrimnesse, þremnesse, þrumnesse (“trinity”, literally “three-ness”), Old English þrīnes, þrīnness (“trinity”, literally “three-ness”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The state of being three; triunity; trinity.
   • the Cappadocian Fathers provided a way of speaking about the Trinity which would create a balance between threeness and oneness. 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin Books, page 218:
   • [...] This statement focuses more on God's oness than on his threeness. 2012, Gilles Emery and Matthew Levering, The Oxford Handbook Of The Trinity:
2. (countable, uncountable) A group of three; a trio.
3. (countable, uncountable) The Trinity.
   • Therefore concern yourselves, you philosophers: how God has created this world in six days. For the work of each day is a creation of a spirit in the Holy Threeness, and the seventh day is the rest of the Sabbath of God, in the seventh [...] 2010, Jeff Bachl, translated by Michael L. Birkel, Genius of the Transcendent: Mystical Writings of Jakob Boehme, Shambhala, translation of original by Jakob Boehme:

Forms

Hypernyms

tripartiteness · manyness

Hyponyms

triunity

Synonyms

threesome (group of three) · triad · trinity · triality · threeness