Both Uses of
trinity
in
Moby Dick
- A dark valley between three mighty, heaven-abiding peaks, that almost seem the Trinity, in some faint earthly symbol.†
Chpt 97-99 *
- Then turning—the last link held fast in his left hand, he put his foot upon the Parsee; and with fixed upward eye, and high-flung right arm, he stood erect before the lofty tri-pointed trinity of flames.†
Chpt 118-120
Definition:
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(trinity as in: trinity of ideas) three people or things considered as a unit