Bible Dictionaries
Trilemma

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A syllogism with three conditional propositions, the major premises of which are disjunctively affirmed in the minor. See Dilemma.

(2):

(n.) A state of things in which it is difficult to determine which one of three courses to pursue.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Trilemma'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/trilemma.html. 1828.