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tripartition

[ trahy-pahr-tish-uhn, -per- ]

noun

  1. division into three parts.


tripartition

/ ËŒ³Ù°ù²¹Éª±èÉ‘Ëˈ³Ùɪʃə²Ô /

noun

  1. division into or among three
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tripartition1

First recorded in 1645–55; tri- + partition
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But yet the tripartition remains the prominent one.

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There are two, if not three Limericks in one, a shamrock tripartition, a trinity in unity,—English-town, Irish-town, and New Town Perry.

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Curiously enough, the same tripartition of the wrong attitude towards the gods occurs already in the Republic, ii. p. 365d, where it is introduced incidentally as well known and a matter of course.

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Compared with this, manuscript B rarely shows a tripartition, but on pp. 65-68 and 51-57 a bipartition by one line.

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Hecate was called Trivia, on account of the above tripartition of Diana; her statues were set up where three roads met, and the fairy-queen in Thomas the Rhymer points out to him the three roads that lead to heaven, hell, and elf-land.

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