trialogue
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈtraɪəˌlɔɪɡ/
- During the conference, the scholars engaged in a trialogue to address pressing interfaith issues.
- Christian-Muslim trialogue
- Muslim-Christian trialogue
- Jewish-Christian-Muslim trialogue
Examples
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Shriver, an idealistic politician who had been the driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, hoped that the Jews, Christians, and Muslims who constituted the Trialogue would become instruments of peace-making in the Middle East.
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The Jewish-Christian-Muslim international trialogue initiated by Swidler suddenly assumed a prominent place as a potential means of improving the very strained relationship not merely between any two of these religious communities but even among all three at once.
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I participated in the Trialogue from 1979 to 1982 and can say, with total honesty, that this experience had a transformative impact on my life.
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My experience in the Trialogue became the basis of my lifelong commitment to interreligious dialogue, but it was also associated with some bitter and painful lessons.
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In 2008, the staff of the Dialogue Institute/J.E.S co-sponsored the most recent Jewish-Christian-Muslim trialogue in Aman, Jordan.
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In his second essay, Fisher describes the Kennedy Institute Jewish-Christian-Muslim Trialogue that met in Washington, DC, from 1979 to 1984, with papers presented on historical and theological topics "regarding the long history, present relations, and future hopes" of the Abrahamic traditions.
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While I was still learning how to do this in public arenas, I was invited—in March 1979—by Dr. Leonard Swidler, Professor of Religion at Temple University, to take part in a "trialogue" of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scholars.
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Sanaullah Kirmani writes of his experience in the Trialogue to which Hassan referred and considers relevant issues as they are explored in the Qur'an, which affirms "the diversity of religions and the promise that God's mercy extends to all." 8
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The community organized a trialogue that included representatives from three different cultures to foster understanding.
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At the summit, a trialogue allowed the leaders of the three nations to discuss their mutual concerns.
Synonyms
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4.3
To talk to try to reach an agreement
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2.0
A conversation among several people about one topic to share ideas or make a decision
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2.2
A planned time when several people come together to talk about something
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7.9
A casual group conversation without a set topic
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
trialogue = dialogue (transparent) = tri + dialogue + tri
Built by adding the productive numeral prefix 'tri-' to the familiar noun 'dialogue', yielding a clear meaning 'conversation among three'.
Etymology
Trialogue comes from tri- meaning 'three' and dialogue meaning 'talk', so it names a three-way talk between three people or groups.