Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Trinity \Trin"i*ty\, n. [OE. trinitee, F. trinit['e], L.
   trinitas, fr. trini three each. See {Trinal}.]
   1. (Christian Theol.) The union of three persons (the Father,
      the Son, and the Holy Ghost) in one Godhead, so that all
      the three are one God as to substance, but three persons
      as to individuality.

   2. Any union of three in one; three units treated as one; a
      triad, as the Hindu trinity, or Trimurti.

   3. Any symbol of the Trinity employed in Christian art,
      especially the triangle.

   {Trinity House}, an institution in London for promoting
      commerce and navigation, by licensing pilots, ordering and
      erecting beacons, and the like.

   {Trinity Sunday}, the Sunday next after Whitsunday; -- so
      called from the feast held on that day in honor of the
      Holy Trinity.

   {Trinity term}. (Law) See the Note under {Term}, n., 5.

Source : WordNet®

trinity
     n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
          [syn: {three}, {3}, {III}, {trio}, {threesome}, {tierce},
           {leash}, {troika}, {triad}, {trine}, {ternary}, {ternion},
           {triplet}, {tercet}, {terzetto}, {trey}, {deuce-ace}]
     2: the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one
        Godhead [syn: {Holy Trinity}, {Blessed Trinity}, {Sacred
        Trinity}]
     3: three people considered as a unit [syn: {trio}, {threesome},
         {triad}]