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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Greek
Origin: trilogia 'group of three plays', from tri- 'three' + -logia '-logy'

trilogy

 noun
     
Related topics: Arts
tril‧o‧gy plural trilogies [countable]
A a series of three plays, books etc that are about the same people or subject:
part 2 of a trilogy
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