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tril·o·gy  (trl-j)
n. pl. tril·o·gies
A group of three dramatic or literary works related in subject or theme.

[Greek trilogi, series of three related tragedies : tri-, tri- + logos, word, saying; see -logy.]

trilogy [ˈtrɪlədʒɪ]
n pl -gies
1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a series of three related works, esp in literature, etc.
2. (Historical Terms) (in ancient Greece) a series of three tragedies performed together at the Dionysian festivals
[from Greek trilogia; see tri-, -logy]

trilogy
a series of three related works. — trilogist, n. — trilogical, adj.
See also: Literature
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.trilogy - a set of three literary or dramatic works related in subject or theme
triad, triple, triplet, trio - a set of three similar things considered as a unit
Translations
trilogy [ˈtrɪlədʒɪ] Ntrilogía f

trilogy [ˈtrɪlədʒi] ntrilogie f

trilogy
nTrilogie f

trilogy [ˈtrɪlədʒɪ] ntrilogia
trilogy [ˈtrɪlədʒɪ] ntrilogia

trilogy
n trilogy [ˈtrilədʒi]
a group of three plays, novels etc by the same author which are parts of the same story or are written about the same subject. trigologie ثُلاثِيَّه трилогия trilogie trilogi die Trilogie τριλογία trilogía triloogia سه گانه trilogia trilogie טְרִילוֹגיָה रचनात्रय तीन रचनाएं जो एक दूसरे से जुडी़ हों trilogija trilógia trilogi trílógía, þríleikur trilogia 3部作 3부작 trilogija triloģija trilogi trilogie trilogi trylogia trilogie трилогия trilogija trilogija trilogi การแสดงสามตอนต่อกัน triloji, üçlü eser (戲劇、小說)三部曲 трилогія ايک ہي مصنف کي تين تخليقات کا مجموعہ tác phẩm bộ ba


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During the next fifteen years he was partly occupied with a huge poetic trilogy in blank verse on Mary Queen of Scots, and from time to time he wrote other dramas and much prose criticism, the latter largely in praise of the Elizabethan dramatists and always wildly extravagant in tone.
As Margaret and Helen sat down, the city behind them seemed to be a vast theatre, an opera-house in which some endless trilogy was performing, and they themselves a pair of satisfied subscribers, who did not mind losing a little of the second act.
 
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