ennead
see also: Ennead
Pronunciation Noun
Ennead
Proper noun
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see also: Ennead
Pronunciation Noun
ennead (plural enneads)
- (obsolete) The number#Noun|number nine.
- Synonyms: nonad
- (rare) Any grouping#Noun|grouping or system containing nine object#Noun|objects.
Ennead
Proper noun
- (Egyptian mythology) The collection of nine gods worship#Verb|worshipped at Heliopolis and taking part in the Heliopolitan creation myth, together representing the sum#Noun|sum of all the elements of the created#Adjective|created world: Atum, Shu, Tefnut, Nut, Geb, Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys.
ennead (plural enneads)
- (philosophy) One of the six part#Noun|parts of the writing#Noun|writings of the Greek#Noun|Greek-speak#Verb|speaking philosopher Plotinus (circa2 204–205 – 270), each containing nine treatises, compiled by his student Porphyry (c. 234 – c. 305).
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