Read full poem →Go, cramp dull Mars, light Venus, when he snorts,
Or with thy tribade trine invent new sports;
Thou, nor thy looseness with my making sorts.
Dictionary Entry
A group of three things.
In a Sentence
“The three planets formed a trine that was visible in the night sky.”
Origin
From Latin trinus ‘threefold’, via Old French trine.
Common Phrases
. trineimmersion trineaspect trinetrine doctrine waldotrine grand
Poetry examples for “trine”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Triangular, pyramidal, each based
On a single trine of brazen tortoises,
To guard that fair church, Buonarroti’s Bride,
Read full poem →through faith in Christ Jesus. It is profitable for doc-
trine, for reproof, for correction and instruction in right-
eousness, that the man of God may be perfect, and
Read full poem →In 1804, my mind became embarrassed on the doc-
trine of Atonement. I had believed and taught that
Christ died as a substitute or surety in our stead, and
Read full poem →—Thus, with very gods’ composure, freed those crosses late and soon
Which, in life, the Trine allow
(Why, none witteth), and ignoring all that haps beneath the moon,