different between threeness vs triunity

English

Etymology

From three +? -ness. Compare Middle English þrinnesse, þrimnesse, þremnesse, þrumnesse (“trinity”, literally “three-ness”), Old English þr?nes, þrinnes (“trinity”, literally “three-ness”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???i?n?s/

Noun

threeness (countable and uncountable, plural threenesses)

1. The state of being three; triunity; trinity.
2. A group of three; a trio.
3. (Christianity) The Trinity.

Synonyms

• (state of being three): See also Thesaurus:threeness
• (group of three): threesome, triad, trinity; see also Thesaurus:trio

Anagrams

• retheness, thereness

English

Alternative forms

• Triunity
• Tri-Unity
• Tri-unity
• tri-unity

Etymology

From triune +? -ity; or from tri- +? unity.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t?a??ju?n?ti/

Noun

triunity (countable and uncountable, plural triunities)

1. The fact or state of being three in one (usually with reference to the Christian idea of the Trinity).
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 46:

     God's attributes as such, his holiness, his justice, his mercy, his absoluteness, his infinity, his omniscience, his tri-unity [...] have proved fertile wells of inspiring meditation for Christian believers.

Derived terms

• triunitarian, tri-unitarian, Triunitarian, Tri-unitarian, Tri-Unitarian
• triunitarianism, tri-unitarianism, Triunitarianism, Tri-unitarianism, Tri-Unitarianism

Related terms

• trinitarian, Trinitarian
• trinitarianism, Trinitarianism
• trinity, Trinity
• unitrinity, uni-trinity
• unity, Unity

Translations

See also

• binitarian
• binitarianism
• oneness
• threeness
• unitarian, Unitarian
• unitarianism, Unitarianism