If you were raised a Christian, it probably means the three manifestations of the Godhead – God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. If you are a student of science, it is just as likely that it means the first atomic bomb test 35 miles outside of Socorro New Mexico in the Alamogordo test range.
If you are an aficionado of early text computer games, the word Trinity will conjure memories of solving math, logic, and history puzzles in a story that was a maze of potential nuclear nightmares. I played that game in my 30s, and I solved them all.
If you are a fantasy and sci-fi movie nut, the word is the name of a character in The Matrix and its sequels. I am sure that there are many other Trinity references even if I do not know them all.
Tonight, on an MSNBC news program, Michael Moore was being interviewed. He made reference to George the First. He was referring to George Herbert Walker Bush of course, rather than George I of the House of Hanover who ruled Britain from 23 January 1698 until his death in 1727. [I had to look that up since History is not my forte.]
As I listened to Moore’s reference to George, the Father, I couldn’t help but think of George (Dubbya), the Son. And that only left George the Saintly (Santos) Spirit. Ah, there it was. The Trinity!
Of course, George Santos is more a two-spirit than a holy spirit. I wonder whether that makes them the Quaternity. Hmmm.