ogdoad
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See also: Ogdoad
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ὀγδοάς (ogdoás, “eight, a group of eight”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ogdoad (plural ogdoads)
- A thing made up of eight parts.
- 1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity[1]:
- 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
[edit]- “ogdoad”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.