ogdoad
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See also: Ogdoad
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀγδοάς (ogdoás, “eight, a group of eight”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ogdoad (plural ogdoads)
- A thing made up of eight parts.
- 1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity:
- 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
References
- “ogdoad”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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