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ogdoad

[ og-doh-ad ]

noun

  1. the number eight.
  2. a group of eight.


ogdoad

/ ˈɒɡ»åəʊˌæ»å /

noun

  1. a group of eight
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ogdoad1

1615–25; < Late Latin ogdoad- (stem of ogdoas ) < Greek ´Ç²µ»å´Çá²õ, derivative of ó²µ»å´Ç´Ç²õ eighth; -ad 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ogdoad1

C17: via Late Latin from Greek ogdoos eighth, from ´Ç°ì³ÙÅ eight
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Example Sentences

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The figure of eight, which is a sign of the Nnu or associate gods in Egypt, who were the primary Ogdoad, is reproduced as a gnostic symbol, a figure of the pleroma and fellow-type of the eight-rayed star.

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Heb′domad, the number seven, a group of seven things, a week: in some Gnostic systems, a group of superhuman beings, angels, or divine emanations, the sphere of the Demiurge lower than the ogdoad—from the idea of the seven planets.—adv.

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This ogdoad of the Lords of Knowledge is described in the Bahudaivatya— "Ananta, and Súkshma, and Åšivottama, "Ekanetra, and again Ekarudra and Trimúrttika, "Åšríkaṇṭha and Åšikhaṇá¸in,—these are declared to be the VidyeÅ›varas."

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From Logos and Zoe were sent forth, by a conjunction, Anthropos and Ecclesia, and thus were formed the first-begotten Ogdoad, the root and substance of all things, called among them by four names; namely, Bythos, Nous, Logos, and Anthropos.

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And those two sacred horns point back to the dread mysteries of the Ogdoad sublime, 'The great Cabiri of earth's dawning prime.'

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