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triplicity

noun /tɹɪˈplɪsɪti/

  1. The quality or state of being triple or threefold; trebleness.

    countable, uncountable

    In their trinall triplicities on hye

  2. The division of the twelve signs according to the four elements.

    countable, uncountable

    he very promptly and speedily formed and fashioned a complete fabric of the houses of heaven in all their parts, whereof when he had considered the situation and the aspects in their triplicities, he fetched a deep sigh, and said: I have clearly enough already discovered unto you the fate of your cuckoldry, which is unavoidable, you cannot escape it.

Where it comes from

From triplic(ate) + -ity, from Latin triplicitas, from Latin triplex, triplicis (“threefold”). Compare French triplicité. See triplicate.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry triplicity (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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