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

/ ˈɛnɪˌæd /

noun

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

Derived Forms

• ˌenneˈadic, adjective

Other Words From

• enne·adic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ennead¹

1645–55; < Greek ennead- (stem of enneás ), equivalent to enné ( a ) nine + -ad- -ad ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of ennead¹

C17: from Greek enneas, from ennea nine

Example Sentences

Into each Ennead I have gathered the books that treat of the same matter, in each case prefixing the most important ones.

From Project Gutenberg

Such are the topics considered in the First Ennead; which thus contains what relates to morals.

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The Third Ennead, which also relates to the world, contains the different speculations referring thereto.

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For instance, we may glance at the very first book of the First Ennead, which though of the latest period, is thoroughly Numenian.

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He went out from his tower, he met the Ennead of the gods, who were going forth to arrange the affairs of their whole land.

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