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ennead
[ en-ee-ad ]
noun
- a group of nine persons or things.
- Egyptian Religion.
- (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.
- any group of deities arranged in a similar way, often more or less than nine in number.
ennead
/ ˈɛ²Ôɪˌæ»å /
noun
- a group or series of nine
- 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
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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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