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Ennead
Ennead En"ne*ad, n. [Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? nine.] The number nine or a group of nine. The Enneads, the title given to the works of the philosopher Plotinus, published by his pupil Porphyry; -- so called because each of the six books into which it is divided contains nine chapters.

Meaning of Ennead from wikipedia

- The Ennead or Great Ennead was a group of nine deities in Egyptian mythology worshipped at Heliopolis: the sun god Atum; his children Shu and Tefnut; their...
- The Enneads (Gr****: Ἐννεάδες), fully The Six Enneads, is the collection of writings of the philosopher Plotinus, edited and compiled by his student Porphyry...
- Look up ennead in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Ennead was a group of nine deities in Egyptian mythology worshipped at Heliopolis. Ennead ('group...
- Porphyry's preface to his edition of Plotinus' most notable literary work, The Enneads. In his metaphysical writings, Plotinus described three fundamental principles:...
- Ennead Architects LLP (/ˈenēˌad/) is a New York City-based architectural firm. The firm was founded in 1963 by James Polshek, who left the firm in 2005...
- spouse and brother to the goddess Tefnut, and one of the nine deities of the Ennead of the Heliopolis cosmogony. He was the god of peace, lions, air, and wind...
- The Ennead is a novel by Jan Mark published in 1978 by Viking Kestrel in the UK and Thomas Y. Crowell in the US. The Ennead is a novel set on the planet...
- also elucidates the equation of matter with nothing or non-being in The Enneads which more correctly is to express the concept of idealism or that there...
- Order of Ennead is an American extreme metal band formed in Tampa, Florida. It includes two members of the death metal band Deicide, and the student of...
- life was made possible. These nine gods were grouped theologically as the Ennead, but the eight lesser gods, and all other things in the world, were ultimately...