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Trinitarian, a. and n.|trɪnɪˈtɛərɪən|
[f. 16th c. L. trīnitāri-us (f. trīnitās trinity) + -an.
Trinitarius n. occurs in Servetus, 2nd let. to Calvin a 1553, also in Prince N. Radzivil Let. to Calvin 1564 (Calvin Wks. 1879 XX. 332). Cf. F. trinitaire, Trinitary.]
A. adj. (In sense 3 with lower-case t.)
1. Ch. Hist. Belonging to the order of the Holy Trinity: see B. 1.
1628L. Owen Unmask. Monks 24 Of the Trinitarian Friars. In the time of..Pope Innocentius the third, the Friers who are called Trinitarians, began to shew themselues to the world. 1725Lond. Gaz. No. 6355/1 Father Navajas, a Trinitarian Fryar. 1885Cath. Dict. (ed. 3) s.v., At the dissolution there were eleven Trinitarian houses in England, five in Scotland, and one..in Ireland.
2. Theol. Relating to the Trinity; holding the doctrine of the Trinity (opp. to Unitarian).
In early use, Trinitarian heretic, one holding heretical views as to the Trinity: cf. B. 2 b.
1656Blount Glossogr., Trinitarian hereticks, otherwise New Arians are those that deny the blessed Trinity, and all distinction of the Divine persons. 1775Ash, Trinitarian, belonging to the Trinity, acknowledging the Trinity. 1838–9Hallam Hist. Lit. IV. iv. ii. §28. 37 We do not find much of importance written on the Trinitarian controversy. 1899A. E. Burn Introd. Creeds ii. §6. 22 An unbroken traditional use of the Trinitarian [baptismal] formula.
3. Forming a trinity; consisting of or involving three in one; triple, threefold.
1812Reflector II. 159 Our polygraphs, our trinitarian writing-desks. 1889B. Jones in Co-operative News 22 June 644 The fund would not be there, if it were not for this trinitarian combination of effort [of labourer, capitalist, consumer]. 1910Daily News 30 Dec. 4 France, Russia, and England do not constitute a trinitarian group or three⁓fold entity in foreign affairs.
4. Belonging to Trinity College (in Cambridge, Oxford, or Dublin). nonce-use.
a1876M. Collins Pen Sketches (1879) I. 50 Concerning Cam wrote our pleasant Trinitarian poet [Jas. Payn].
B. n.
1. A member of the religious order of the Holy Trinity, founded in 1198 to redeem Christian captives from Muhammadans: = Mathurin.
All the churches and houses of the order were dedicated to the Holy Trinity.
1628[see A. 1]. 1656Blount Glossogr., Trinitarians, a religious order. See Mathurins. Ibid., Mathurins, Friers so called, being of the order of the Holy Trinity, whose principal institute is to redeem poor Christian Captives from the slavery of the Turk. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 179/2 The Trinitarians, or Monks of the Order of the Trinity, begun Anno 1211. 1905Westm. Gaz. 11 Sept. 3/1 Down Mark-lane and through Crutched Friars, where the famous Trinitarians of old had their monastery.
2. Theol. One who holds the doctrine of the Trinity of the Godhead; a believer in the Trinity.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey) s.v., The Orthodox that believe the Trinity are also call'd Trinitarians by the Socinians. 1708Swift Abol. Chr. Misc. 1731 I. 109 They make a Difference betwixt nominal and real Trinitarians. 1850Robertson Serm. Ser. iii. iv. (1872) 45 There are..Trinitarians who are practically Tri-theists, worshipping three Gods.
†b. In earlier use, ‘applied particularly to certain sectaries whose opinion as to the Trinity was not orthodox’ (Littré) = Trinitarian heretic in A. 2; including Antitrinitarians or Unitarians.
1565Harding Confut. Apol. 133 There are many other sectes..to witte, Osiandrines, Adiaphoristes, Antinomians, Newe Maniches,..Trinitarians. 1658Phillips, Trinitarians, a sort of Hereticks that deny the Mystery of the Trinity [1706 (ed. Kersey) adds] and all distinction of the Divine Persons.
3. A member of Trinity College (Cambridge, Oxford, or Dublin). nonce-use.
1852C. A. Bristed 5 Yrs. Eng. Univ. (ed. 2) 48 The outcries of the Trinitarians waxed more and more boisterous. 1899Literature 28 Jan. 89 Trinity College, Oxford... The story of each period is supplemented by a list of the most notable amongst contemporary Trinitarians.
Hence Triniˈtarianism, the doctrine of Trinitarians; Trinitarian belief; Triniˈtarianize v. trans. to make Trinitarian.
1775Ash, Trinitarianism,..the doctrine of a Trinity of persons in the Godhead. a1817Merivale's Reports III. 357 A sect of Protestant Dissenters called Unitarians, professing themselves to be opposed to Trinitarianism. 1833Arnold Let. 9 Mar., in Stanley Life & Corr. (1845) I. vi. 358 If we could get rid of the Athanasian Creed, and of some other instances of..the technical language of Trinitarianism, many Unitarians would have a stumbling-block removed. 1852De Morgan in Graves Life Sir W. R. Hamilton (1889) III. 404 In your versification of the Te Deum you Trinitarianize it. |