Trinity Term Definition
The third and final academic term of the universities of Oxford and Dublin , and other educational institutions, running from April to June . The term was model after the legal term, but does not begin and end on the same dates.
Origin of Trinity Term
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Trinity + term . The word Trinity is from Old French TRINITY TERM trinite (or ternite , trenite , trinetei , trinitiet , trinitet ), from Latin TRINITY TERM trinitatem , of trinitas (“the number three ; a triad ; the Trinity "), from trini (from trinus (“triple "), from tres , from Proto-Italic TRINITY TERM Reconstruction& , from Proto-Indo-European TRINITY TERM Reconstruction& (“three")) + -itas (from Proto-Italic TRINITY TERM Reconstruction& and Reconstruction& , from Proto-Indo-European TRINITY TERM Reconstruction& (“suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being ")). The Christian feast day of Trinity Sunday , the first Sunday after Whitsunday or Pentecost , occurs during this term; it falls at the end of May or in early June .
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