"Ennead" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐννεάς (Enneás), itself a calque of Egyptian psḏt (“nine, nineness, ennead”), from psḏw (“nine”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|Ἐννεάς}} Ancient Greek Ἐννεάς (Enneás), {{calque|en|egy|psḏt||nine, nineness, ennead|nocap=1}} calque of Egyptian psḏt (“nine, nineness, ennead”), {{m|egy|psḏw||nine}} psḏw (“nine”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ennead
  1. (Egyptian mythology) The collection of nine gods worshipped at Heliopolis and taking part in the Heliopolitan creation myth, together representing the sum of all the elements of the created world: Atum, Shu, Tefnut, Nut, Geb, Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys. Tags: Egyptian Categories (topical): Egyptian mythology, Gods Translations (collection of nine gods worshipped at Heliopolis): N10:t-R8A-G7-Z3 (psḏt) [feminine] (Egyptian)
    Sense id: en-Ennead-en-name-8G5TW9Fd Disambiguation of Gods: 78 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 56 44 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: Enneads [plural]
Etymology: See ennead. Etymology templates: {{m|en|ennead}} ennead Head templates: {{en-noun}} Ennead (plural Enneads)
  1. (philosophy) One of the six parts of the writings of the Greek-speaking philosopher Plotinus (c. 204–205 – 270), each containing nine treatises, compiled by his student Porphyry (c. 234 – c. 305). Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-Ennead-en-noun-VQUCRgHa Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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