Triad vs. Trinity

Triadnoun

A grouping of three.

Triadnoun

(music) A chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees higher in a given scale.

Triadnoun

(electronics) on a CRT display, a group of three neighbouring phosphor dots, coloured green, red, and blue.

Triadnoun

A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in Hong Kong.

Triadnoun

A union of three; three objects treated as one; a ternary; a trinity; as, a triad of deities.

Triadnoun

A chord of three notes.

Triadnoun

An element or radical whose valence is three.

Triadnoun

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

Triadnoun

a set of three similar things considered as a unit

Triadnoun

three people considered as a unit

Triadnoun

a 3-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones

Trinitynoun

A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one.

Trinitynoun

The state of being three; independence of three things; things divided into three.

Trinitynoun

The union of three persons (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost) in one Godhead, so that all the three are one God as to substance, but three persons as to individuality.

Trinitynoun

Any union of three in one; three units treated as one; a triad, as the Hindu trinity, or Trimurti.

Trinitynoun

Any symbol of the Trinity employed in Christian art, especially the triangle.

Trinitynoun

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

Trinitynoun

the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead

Trinitynoun

three people considered as a unit

Trinity

The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (Latin: Trinitas, lit. 'triad', from Latin: trinus ) holds that God is one God, and exists in the form of three coeternal and consubstantial persons: the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit. The three persons are distinct, yet are one (homoousios).