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triplicity

[ trih-plis-i-tee ]

noun

plural triplicities.
  1. the quality or state of being triple; threefold character or condition.
  2. a group or combination of three; triad.
  3. Astrology. the division of the signs of the zodiac into four groups of three signs each, the fire signs, the earth signs, the air signs, and the water signs, with each sign separated from others within the group by 120 degrees of the ecliptic. Compare element ( def 12 ).


triplicity

/ ³Ù°ùɪˈ±è±ôɪ²õɪ³Ùɪ /

noun

  1. a group of three things
  2. the state of being three
  3. astrology any of four groups, earth, air, fire, and water, each consisting of three signs of the zodiac that are thought to have something in common in their nature
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of triplicity1

1350–1400; Middle English triplicite < Late Latin ³Ù°ù¾±±è±ô¾±³¦¾±³ÙÄå²õ threefold state. See triplex, -ity
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of triplicity1

C14: from Late Latin ³Ù°ù¾±±è±ô¾±³¦¾±³ÙÄå²õ , from Latin triplex threefold; see triplex
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Having thus described the nation as an organic totality, he goes on to point out that the political constitution shows this character by forming a triplicity of political orders.

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But rarely has thought freed itself from the notion of duplicity, triplicity, and grounded its faith in the Idea of the One Personal Spirit, as a pure theism, and planted therein a faith and cultus.

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"The general break-up of the world," they said, "will happen when the stars which govern the heaven, penetrated with a quality of heat and dryness, meet one another in a fiery triplicity."

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The following are the zodiacal signs in their regular order, with proper dates, and the four triplicities.

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The triplicity lies in the manner in which the books were collected.

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