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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRIPLICITY

n.[L. triplex. ] Trebleness; the state of being threefold.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TRIPLICITY

Tri *plic "i *ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. triplicité, fr. L. triplex, triplicis, threefold. See Triplicate, a.]

 

Defn: The quality or state of being triple, or threefold; trebleness. In their trinal triplicities on high. Spenser.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

triplicity

tri plic i ty |triˈplisitē trɪˈplɪsədi | noun ( pl. triplicities ) rare a group of three people or things. archaic the state of being triple. ORIGIN late Middle English (as a term in astrology ): from late Latin triplicitas, from Latin triplex, triplic- threefold (see triplex ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

triplicity

triplicity |trɪˈplɪsɪti | noun ( pl. triplicities ) rare a group of three people or things. [ mass noun ] archaic the state of being triple. ORIGIN late Middle English (as a term in astrology ): from late Latin triplicitas, from Latin triplex, triplic- threefold (see triplex ).