triology
(traɪˈɒlədʒɪ)
[f. tri- + -ology. (Not on Greek analogies.)]
1. = trilogy.
| 1837 For. Q. Rev. XIX. 447 Three tragedies thus formed together a Triology. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 14 Apr. 3/1 Mr. Meredith's ‘Napoleon’, the second instalment of his triology on France,..appears in the current number of Cosmopolis. 1900 Dundee Advertiser 29 Nov. 2 Mr. Fenton treats the Epistles to the Romans, Corinthians, and Hebrews as a ‘Triology’ designed to show ‘the Christian Faith in its Intellectual, Social, and Spiritual aspects’. |
2. A doctrine or system of three or a triad.
| 1894 Thinker V. 346 The monotheistic idea of All-Father soon gave place to that of a triology. |