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noun, plural tril·o·gies. a series or group of three plays, novels, operas, etc., that, although individually complete, are closely related in theme, sequence, or the like.
(in ancient Greek drama) a series of three complete and usually related tragedies performed at the festival of Dionysus and forming a tetralogy with the satyr play.
a group of three related things.
Origin of trilogy From the Greek word trilogía, dating back to 1655–65. See tri-, -logy
Words nearby trilogy trillium, trilobate, trilobed, trilobite, trilocular, trilogy , trilogy of Fallot, trim, trimaran, Trimble, trim die
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Example sentences from the Web for trilogy Coming into this trilogy , what was the scariest aspect of revisiting Middle-earth for you?
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From H.L. Mencken: The Days Trilogy , Expanded Edition, edited by Marion Elizabeth Rodgers and published by The Library of America.
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Ben H. Winters is out this July with the eagerly anticipated finale to his critically acclaimed The Last Policeman trilogy .
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Cuse: So Guillermo worked with Chuck Hogan and turned The Strain into a trilogy of novels.
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Take, for example, another YA juggernaut: The Hunger Games trilogy .
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Comedy is the title which Dante gives to his trilogy and posterity has added the prefix adjective divine.
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Here they are—miles of them—long as a Wagner trilogy , and as richly orchestrated.
With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 | Various
The trilogy is completed by 'Pearls of the Faith,' in which the poet tells the beads of a pious Moslem.
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The Persians, the earliest of his extant pieces, formed part of a trilogy which gained the prize in 472 B.C.
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It was one of a trilogy , a series of three plays dealing with the misfortunes of Oedipus' race.
Authors of Greece | T. W. Lumb
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British Dictionary definitions for trilogy noun plural -gies a series of three related works, esp in literature, etc
(in ancient Greece) a series of three tragedies performed together at the Dionysian festivals
Word Origin for trilogy C19: from Greek trilogia ; see tri- , -logy
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