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unitarian | trinity |

As nouns the difference between unitarian and trinity

is that unitarian is a Christian who does not believe in the traditional doctrine of the Trinity while trinity is a group or set of three people or things; triad; trio; trine.

As an adjective Unitarian

is pertaining to Unitarianism.

As a proper noun Trinity is

in Christian belief, the three persons (personae) of the Godhead: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

unitarian

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A Christian who does not believe in the traditional doctrine of the Trinity.
  • A follower of Unitarian Universalism; or a member of a Unitarian Universalist Church in North America who adhered to, or identifies with, the Unitarian part of that church prior to consolidation in 1961.
  • (rare) A Muslim, Jew or other kind of monotheist who is not a Christian.
  • A member of a certain political movement, especially the Unitarios'' of nineteenth century Argentina (known as the ''Unitarian Party in English).
  • Synonyms

    * Unitarian Universalist

    Antonyms

    * Trinitarian

    Derived terms

    * Unitarianism

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to Unitarianism
  • References

    trinity

    English

    Noun

    (trinities)
  • A group or set of three people or things; triad; trio; trine.
  • *
  • *:But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity , earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
  • The state of being three; threeness.
  • Synonyms

    * (group of three) threesome, triad, trio, trine, troika, triumvirate * threeness

    Derived terms

    * nontrinitarian * nontrinitarianism * trinitarian

    See also

    * Trinity * Trinity College * quaternity * Unitarian