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ennead

[ en-ee-ad ]

noun

  1. a group of nine persons or things.
  2. Egyptian Religion.
    1. (initial capital letter) a group of nine related deities, including Osiris, Isis, and Set, whose lineage and functions were arranged and explained by the theologians of Heliopolis.
    2. any group of deities arranged in a similar way, often more or less than nine in number.


ennead

/ ˈɛ²Ôɪˌæ»å /

noun

  1. a group or series of nine
  2. the sum of or number nine
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ±ð²Ô²Ô±ðˈ²¹»å¾±³¦, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ð²Ôn±ð·²¹»åi³¦ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ennead1

1645–55; < Greek ennead- (stem of ±ð²Ô²Ô±ðá²õ ), equivalent to ±ð²Ô²Ôé ( a ) nine + -ad- -ad 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ennead1

C17: from Greek enneas, from ennea nine
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An ennead could mean any group of nine deities that operate together, but the most well known is the Great Ennead of Heliopolis.

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A group of nine is called an ennead.

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The number Nine, or the ennead, being the multiple of three, should be regarded as sacred.

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His arrangement by enneads, or series of nine, is fanciful, and wanting in inner principle.

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Generally there are three; in many places there is an ennead, a nine of gods, but the nine is a round number; there might be one or two less or more.

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