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Alluding to the Holy Trinity that Trinitarian Christians worship.

名詞

holy trinity (plural holy trinities)

1. A triad of people or things considered essential.
   • 2009, Bruce G. Epperly, Katherine Gould Epperly, Tending to the Holy: The Practice of the Presence of God in Ministry, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 49:

     Wonder, praise, and gratitude constitute the holy trinity of worship that inspires, heals, transforms, and challenges pastors and their communities in their quest to be God's companions mending the world.

   • 2014, Susan Dorsey Boland, Put Some Mayo on That, →ISBN, page 25:

     This is where I first read Yeats' The Stolen Child, Joyce's Araby, and Synge's Playboy of the Western World, among others. These three for me were the holy trinity of Irish writers and it was on that strand that I succumbed to their enchantment.

   • 2025 April 17, Simon Stone, “Manchester United 5-4 Olympique Lyonnais”, in BBC Sport‎:

     The plans are to replace this stadium, that is over 100 years old and has played host to the Busby Babes - the only other United side to win a game by a 5-4 scoreline when they beat Arsenal in the match before the Munich tragedy - the Holy Trinity of George Best, Denis Law and Bobby Charlton, double and Treble winners, Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney.

   1. Any of several triads of core ingredients of certain cuisines, as for example celery, onions, and carrots in soffritto or mirepoix, or onions, peppers, and tomato in sofrito.

      Hyponym: Texas trinity

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holy trinity

1. Alternative letter-case form of Holy Trinity (“three main ingredients of Cajun cuisine”).
   • 1995, National Geographic Traveler:

     It includes the Cajun-Creole holy trinity— onions, celery, and bell peppers.

   • 2007, Terri Pischoff Wuerthner, In a Cajun Kitchen, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 5:

     AA simplified description of any Cajun dish based on roux is to make the roux, add the holy trinity and cook for a few minutes, [...]

   • 2016, George Graham, Acadiana Table, Harvard Common Press, →ISBN, page 98:

     This beefed-up skillet sauté with the Cajun holy trinity of aromatic vegetables will appeal to the hearty meat-and-potatoes crowd.

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