"egregore" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɛɡɹɪɡɔɹ/ Forms: egregores [plural]
Etymology: From French égrégore (“spirit of a group”), from the Ancient Greek substantive of ἐγρήγορος (egrḗgoros, “wakeful”) meaning watcher, angel in the Book of Enoch. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|égrégore||spirit of a group}} French égrégore (“spirit of a group”), {{uder|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{m|grc|ἐγρήγορος||wakeful}} ἐγρήγορος (egrḗgoros, “wakeful”), {{m|en|watcher}} watcher, {{m|en|angel}} angel Head templates: {{en-noun}} egregore (plural egregores)
  1. (obsolete) An angelic being from the Book of Enoch. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-egregore-en-noun-3dQnUwGY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 75 25
  2. (occult) An autonomous psychic entity that is composed of, and influences, the thoughts of a group of people. Categories (topical): Occult Translations (psychic entity influencing thoughts): égrégore [masculine] (French), Egregor [masculine] (German), eggregora [feminine] (Italian), egrégora [feminine] (Portuguese), эгре́гор (egrégor) [masculine] (Russian), egrégora [feminine] (Spanish), егре́гор (ehréhor) [masculine] (Ukrainian), еґре́ґор (egrégor) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-egregore-en-noun-WMQCo~Q2 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, occult, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'psychic entity influencing thoughts': 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: egregor

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