Definitions for triplicity

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triplicity tri·plic·i·ty

Spelling: [trih-plis-i-tee]

IPA: /trɪˈplɪs ɪ ti/

Triplicity is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 138 anagrams from letters in triplicity (ciiilprtty).

Definitions for triplicity

noun

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).

Origin of triplicity

1350-1400; Middle English triplicite Late Latin triplicitās threefold state. See triplex, -ity

Examples for triplicity

There is a strong and lasting sympathy among persons belonging to signs of the same group, or triplicity.

A triplicity is a combination of three signs in the form of a triangle, each 120 apart.

If he should be placed in any of the signs allowed him for his triplicity, he is allowed three dignities.

We have already noticed the triplicity, in some instances, of Norman chancel arches.

By the triplicity he signified Ralegh, Cobham, and Northumberland.

We are utterly tired of the triplicity; and we are mistaken if its application here be not as inconsistent as it is arbitrary.

In this statement this master agrees with the philosophers who give a triplicity of essential principles as the base of ontology.