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Sacred Trinity

Sacred Trinity

9.3
Three persons in one God in Christian belief, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
  • noun
  • /ˈseɪkrɪd ˈtrɪnɪti/
translation icon : Sagrada Trinidad
  • During the service, the pastor spoke about the mystery of the Sacred Trinity.

Examples

  • The concept of the Sacred Trinity is central to Christian faith.

  • The doctrine of the Sacred Trinity is central to most Christian faiths.

  • Belief in the Sacred Trinity distinguishes mainstream Christian theology from other monotheistic religions.

  • In theology classes, we often discuss the Sacred Trinity.

  • Many Christians believe in the concept of the sacred Trinity, which describes the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as one God.

  • The doctrine of the sacred Trinity is central to most branches of Christian theology.

  • During the service, the priest spoke about the significance of the sacred Trinity in the faith.

Synonyms

Holy Trinity
vsSacred Trinity
5 7.0

A Christian belief that God is three persons in one

is the same concept but uses a different reverent adjective
Trinity
vsSacred Trinity
2 7.5

A Christian belief that God is three persons in one

is the same idea but adds a reverent qualifier word
Blessed Trinity
vsSacred Trinity
  • Formal
1 8.9

A Christian belief that God is three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

is the same concept but uses a different reverent adjective

Surface Forms

Sacred Trinity singular
Sacred Trinities plural

Morphology

sacred + Trinity

The meaning is directly compositional: 'Trinity' already denotes the three-person God in Christianity and 'sacred' simply marks it as holy, so a learner who knows both words can infer 'the holy/holy threefold God'. This is a cross-linguistically common religious construction rather than an idiom, so its meaning is predictable from the constituents.

Etymology

Sacred Trinity comes from Christian belief that three persons—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit—are together one God. So the name explains the idea of 'three persons in one God'.