"cosmoi" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɒzmɔɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation]
enPR: kŏzʹmoi [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: From the Ancient Greek κόσμοι (kósmoi), the nominative plural form of κόσμος (kósmos), whence cosmos. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|κόσμοι}} Ancient Greek κόσμοι (kósmoi), {{m|grc|κόσμος}} κόσμος (kósmos), {{m|en|cosmos}} cosmos Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} cosmoi
  1. plural of cosmos Tags: form-of, plural Form of: cosmos

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          "text": "This doctrine supposes all the material universe to have been once in a fluid or nebular condition, and that, by the operation of universal gravitation and the thousand other laws of nature, the nebular matter has been mainly aggregated into masses, and the existing cosmoi been developed."
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