Ennead

Quick meaning: Ennead is a noun meaning (obsolete) The number nine.

Meaning

(obsolete) The number nine.

More Meanings

1. (rare) Any grouping or system containing nine objects.

Example Sentences

[T]he ennead is subtracted for this cause, because the three hundred and sixty parts of the entire [circle] consist of enneads, and for this reason the four regions of the world are circumscribed by ninety perfect parts.

The exquisite language of the prophecy of Isaiah, especially in its last three enneads, may have had a nearer primary reference to, and a nearer fulfilment in, the return of the exiles under Zerubbabel, and Ezra, and Nehemiah; […]

At one time one god was a greater favourite with the nation than another, and the cult of the god or gods which the old Babylonians preferred in the early days of their empire frequently fell into disuse and neglect in after times. The most important ennead among the Babylonians was as follows:— […]

We may assert with confidence that no cycle of this kind, and of equal antiquity or even of inferior antiquity, is the actual existence better attested or more thoroughly authenticated than that of this octaëteris of Philammon of Delphi, or, as we may truly call it, this original Pythian ennead of primitive Hellas.

Word Forms

• enneads

Synonyms for ennead

Depending on context, synonyms include nonad, nonet, nine, niner.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nine, niner, nonad, nineness, neunbein, ninth.

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