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Three vs Threeness - What's the difference?

three | threeness |

As a numeral three

is (cardinal) a numerical value after two and before four represented in arabic digits as ; this many dots (•••).

As a noun three

is the digit/figure 3.

As a proper noun threeness is

(christianity) in christian belief, the three persons (personae) of the godhead: father, son and holy spirit; trinity.

three

English

(wikipedia three)

Alternative forms

* (all obsolete)

Numeral

(head)
  • (cardinal) A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as ; This many dots (•••).
  • *
    • Venters began to count them—one—two—three —four—on up to sixteen.
  • (of a set or group) Having three elements.

    • Related terms

    * third, thrice, triple

    Synonyms

    * (numerical value) leash, tether (dialectal)

    See also

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The digit/figure 3.
  • Anything measuring three units, as length.
    • Put all the threes in a separate container.
  • A person who is three years old.
    • All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.
  • The playing card featuring three pips.

    • Derived terms

    * threefold * threepence * threesome * thruppence * three-up

    See also

    * (Symbols of number three in various numeral systems) * * : 3 * * : ?, ? * : * * * * * * * * * * * * : * : III * * * *

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    Anagrams

    * 200 English basic words English cardinal numbers 1000 English basic words ----

    threeness

    English

    Noun

  • The state of being three; triunity; trinity.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 218:
    • the Cappadocian Fathers provided a way of speaking about the Trinity which would create a balance between threeness and oneness.
  • * 2012 , Gilles Emery, Matthew Levering, The Oxford Handbook Of The Trinity :
    • [...] This statement focuses more on God's oness than on his threeness .
  • A group of three; a trio.
  • (religious) The Trinity.
  • * 2010 , Jakob Boehme, Jeff Bach, Michael L. Birkel, Genius of the Transcendent :
    • Therefore concern yourselves, you philosophers: how God has created this world in six days. For the work of each day is a creation of a spirit in the Holy Threeness , and the seventh day is the rest of the Sabbath of God, in the seventh [...]

    Synonyms

    * trinity * tripartiteness