Meanings
ogdoad1
plural ogdoads
- A thing made up of eight parts.
Probably these, as in the other systems, made the second Ogdoad; and these, with other astral influence, borrowed from the Tsabaism of the region, the twelve signs of the zodiac, and the thirty-six Decani
1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity
Ogdoad2
- The group of eight primordial deities worshipped at Hermopolis in Ancient Egyptian times: Naunet and Nu, Amaunet and Amun, Kauket and Kuk, and Hauhet and Huh.
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nounthe cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
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Origin
ogdoad · noun
- Ancient Greekὀγδοάς“eight, a group of eight”
- Englishogdoad
From Ancient Greek ὀγδοάς (ogdoás, “eight, a group of eight”). By surface analysis, ogdo- + -ad.
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Full word history & related roots →Ogdoad · proper noun
- Ancient Greekὀγδοάς“eight, a group of eight”
- EnglishOgdoad
From Ancient Greek ὀγδοάς (ogdoás, “eight, a group of eight”).
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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