OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 9954

triad

/ˈtɹaɪ.æd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
triada • tríada • tríade
A grouping of three.
Later artworks showed many animals and gods, some of which were clearly identified with heavenly body. They often included the symbolic triad of Sun, Moon, and Venus.
There are, says the Irish triad, 'three fewnesses that are better than plenty: a fewness of fine words; a fewness of cows on grass; a fewness of good friends around good ale'. As a…
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