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en⋅ne⋅ad

  [en-ee-ad]
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–noun
1. a group of nine persons or things.
2. Egyptian Religion.
a. (initial capital letter) a group of nine related deities, including Osiris, Isis, and Set, whose lineage and functions were arranged and explained by the theologians of Heliopolis.
b. any group of deities arranged in a similar way, often more or less than nine in number.
Origin:
1645–55; < Gk ennead- (s. of enneás), equiv. to enné(a) nine + -ad- -ad 1

Related forms:
en⋅ne⋅ad⋅ic, adjective
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en·ne·ad   (ěn'ē-ād')   
n.  A group or set of nine.

[Greek enneas, ennead-, from ennea, nine; see new in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

ennead 
"group of nine things," 1653, from Gk. enneas (gen. enneados) "group of nine," from ennea "nine" (cognate with Skt. nava, L. novem, Goth. niun, O.E. nigun; see nine).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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