Chapter Treves to Tripos of T by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Tripitaka means the “triple basket,” a term applied to the three classes into which the canonical writings of the Buddha are divided- viz. the Soutras, the Vinaya, and the Abidharma. (See these words.)

Triple Alliance
   A treaty entered into by England, Sweden, and Holland against Louis XIV. in 1668. It ended in the treaty of Aixla-Chapelle. (See next page.)
   A treaty between England, France, and Holland against Charles XII. This league was called the Quadruple after Germany joined it. (1717.)
   A third (1789) between Great Britain, Holland, and Russia, against Catherine of Russia in defence of Turkey.
   A fourth in 1883, between Germany, Italy, and Austria, against France and Russia.

Tripos A Cambridge term, meaning the three honour classes into which the best men are disposed at the final examination, whether of Mathematics, Law, Theology, or Natural Science, etc. The word is often emphatically applied to the voluntary classical examination.