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单词 tritheism
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tritheism

[ trahy-thee-iz-uhm ]
/ ˈtraɪ θiˌɪz əm /

noun Theology.

belief in three Gods, especially in the doctrine that the three persons of the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) are three distinct Gods, each an independent center of consciousness and determination.

Origin of tritheism

First recorded in 1670–80; tri- + theism

OTHER WORDS FROM tritheism

tri·the·ist, noun, adjectivetri·the·is·tic, tri·the·is·ti·cal, adjective

Words nearby tritheism

trit., tritagonist, tritanomaly, tritanopia, trite, tritheism, trithing, tritiate, triticale, triticum, tritium
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Example sentences from the Web for tritheism

  • And this is naturally to be expected, because God is one Trinitarianism is not Tritheism.

    The Theology of Holiness|Dougan Clark
  • But, unhappily, in his zeal against Socinians and Sabellians, he used expressions which might be construed into Tritheism.

    The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
  • The treatise appeared to this professor anti-trinitarian, not in the direction of Unitarianism, however, but of Tritheism.

    Pages From an Old Volume of Life|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

British Dictionary definitions for tritheism

tritheism
/ (ˈtraɪθɪˌɪzəm) /

noun

theol belief in three gods, esp in the Trinity as consisting of three distinct gods

Derived forms of tritheism

tritheist, noun, adjectivetritheistic or tritheistical, adjective
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