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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

/ ˈɛnɪˌæd /

noun

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

  • ˌenneˈadic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • enne·adic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ennead1

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

Origin of ennead1

C17: from Greek enneas, from ennea nine
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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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