a) Referring to a Roman Catholic order founded in 1198 to redeem Christian captives from Mohammedans. b) The usual meaning of the term the doctrine of the Trinitarians who hold that the nature of God is one in substance and three in embodiment (Latin: persona). Upon the basis of Platonic realism (q.v.) which makes the universal fundamental and the.... Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21203