Ennead [noun]
Definition of Ennead:
nine of something
Synonyms of Ennead:
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Opposite/Antonyms of Ennead:
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Sentence/Example of Ennead:
Into each Ennead I have gathered the books that treat of the same matter, in each case prefixing the most important ones.
Such are the topics considered in the First Ennead; which thus contains what relates to morals.
The Third Ennead, which also relates to the world, contains the different speculations referring thereto.
For instance, we may glance at the very first book of the First Ennead, which though of the latest period, is thoroughly Numenian.
He went out from his tower, he met the Ennead of the gods, who were going forth to arrange the affairs of their whole land.
The supreme god was surrounded by eight other gods, and together they formed an Ennead, or group of nine.
For the same reason the book on Love was assigned to the First Ennead.
The Fourth Ennead, therefore, contains all that relates to Psychology.
The First Ennead contains the writings that treat of Morals.
The doctrine of the Heliopolitan Ennead acquired an immediate and a lasting popularity.