helig treenighet

Swedish

Alternative forms

Noun

helig treenighet c

  1. (Christianity) Holy Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit)
    • 1865, Viktor Rydberg, Medeltidens magi [The Magic of the Middle Ages]‎[1], L. J. Hiertas förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 9 September 2025:
      Lucifer, [...] skaparens gunstling, [...] [var] underlägsen endast den heliga treenigheten [själv].
      Lucifer, the Creator's favorite, was inferior only to the Holy Trinity itself.
    • 2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes [Catechism of the Catholic Church]‎[2], Catholica, archived from the original on 20 November 2023, §261:
      Den heliga Treenighetens mysterium är det centrala mysteriet i den kristna tron och det kristna livet.
      The mystery of the Holy Trinity is the central mystery of the Christian faith and of Christian life.
  2. (figuratively) holy trinity
    • 2008 December 5, Ann Heberlein, “I hjärntvätten [In the brainwash]”, in Expressen‎[3], archived from the original on 9 September 2025:
      Deras [...] politiserade drapor är typiska för det svenska kultursamtalet där ingen debatt kan föras utan [...] den heliga treenigheten kön (läs in sexualitet här också), klass och etnicitet.
      Their politicized rants are typical of the Swedish cultural conversation where no debate can be had without the holy trinity of gender (including sexuality), class and ethnicity.

Declension

Declension of helig treenighet
nominative genitive
singular indefinite helig treenighet helig treenighets
definite den heliga treenigheten den heliga treenighetens
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

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