trinal

English

Alternative forms

• trinall (obsolete)

Etymology

From the Medieval Latin trīnālis.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹaɪnəl/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹʌɪnəl/, [ˈtɹʌɪn̩l]
• Rhymes: -aɪnəl

Adjective

trinal (not comparable)

1. (now rare) Having three parts; triple.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza XXXIX, page 181:

     Like as it had bene many an Angels voice, // Singing before th’ eternall maiesty, // In their trinall triplicities on hye.

   • 1941, Henry Miller, The Wisdom of the Heart‎:

     The trinal division of body, mind and soul becomes a unity, a holy trinity. And with it the realization that one aspect of our nature cannot be exalted above another...

Translations

having three parts, triple — see tripartite

Anagrams

• ratlin