threeness
(ˈθriːnɪs)
[f. three + -ness; cf. OE. þrynes, þriᵹnes: see thrinness.]
The fact, quality, or condition of being three or threefold; spec. said of the Godhead.
| [a 900 tr. Bæda's Hist. iv. xix. [xvii.] (1890) 312 We ondettað..Þriᵹnisse in Annisse efenspedelice, ond Annesse in þære Þriᵹnesse.] 1829 Jas. Mill Hum. Mind (1869) II. 92 Abstract terms merely; in place of which, the words oneness, twoness, threeness, might be substituted. 1855 Lynch Lett. to Scattered v. (1872) 65 That in the Oneness there is Threeness, that the One God is Triune. 1899 Month Jan. 14 Threeness in person with oneness in nature. |