Definition of Ennead

1. Noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.

Exact synonyms: 9, Ix, Nina From Carolina, Nine, Niner
Generic synonyms: Digit, Figure

Definition of Ennead

1. n. The number nine or a group of nine.

Definition of Ennead

1. Noun. The number nine. ¹

2. Noun. Any system or grouping containing nine objects. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ennead

1. a group of nine [n -S] : ENNEADIC [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ennead

enmoved
enmoves
enmoving
enmuffle
enmuffled
enmuffles
enmuffling
enmure
enmured
enmures
enmuring
ennage
ennages
ennation
ennea-
ennead (current term)
enneadic
enneads
enneagon
enneagonal
enneagons
enneagram
enneagrams
enneagynous
enneahedral
enneandria
enneandrous
enneapetalous
enneastyle

Literary usage of Ennead

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Philosophy: From Thales to the Present Time by Friedrich Ueberweg, George Sylvester Morris, Henry Boynton Smith, Noah Porter, Vincenzo Botta (1891)
"But the Parmenides of the Platonic Dialogue, says Plotinus, discriminates more exactly (ennead. V. 1. 8). Nor did Anaxagoras, who posited the Nous as first ..."

2. Ancient Records of Egypt: Historical Documents from the Earliest Times to by James Henry Breasted (1906)
"HI. SPEECH OF THE DIVINE ennead (LL. 20-24) 910. Utterance by the Divine ennead: ff: ""Come into thy eternal temple. ..."

3. A Self-verifying Chronological History of Ancient Egypt: From the Foundation by Orlando P. Schmidt (1899)
"The Pyramid Texts abound in allusions to the "Great Nine," generally called the "Great ennead." When the inscriptions known as the "Pyramid Texts" were ..."

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