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Definition of Hebdomad

Hebdomad
Hebdomad Heb"do*mad, n. [L. hebdomas, -adis, Gr. "ebdoma`s the number seven days, fr. ? seventh, ? seven. See Seven.] A week; a period of seven days. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.

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- hebdomad in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hebdomad (Ancient Gr****: ἑβδομάς) may refer to: On Hebdomads, a work of the Hippocratic Corpus Hebdomad,...
- their control. Again, beside the higher hebdomad of the seven archons, the Ophite system told of a lower hebdomad. After the serpent in punishment for having...
- all Gnostic systems by the seven world-creating archons, known as the Hebdomad (ἑβδομάς). These Seven are in most systems semi-hostile powers, and are...
- another, until there were seven Archons in all, ruling the seven heavens; a Hebdomad which their mother completes into an Ogdoad. Ialdabaoth (possibly from...
- circles rising one above another and dominated by the seven Archons, the Hebdomad. Above the highest of the regions and vaulting over it, was the Ogdoad...
- of the Hebdomad. The son of the Great Archon delivered the Gospel to the son of the Archon of the Hebdomad. The son of the Archon of the Hebdomad became...
- perfect or Divine nous with the intellectual triad being promoted to a hebdomad (pure intellect). In the theoretic of Plotinus, nous produces nature through...
- 1 monad 2 dyad, duad pair 3 triad 4 tetrad 5 pentad 6 hexad 7 heptad, hebdomad 8 octad, ogdoad 9 nonad, ennead 10 decad, decade 11 hendecad 12 dodecad...
- celestial paragons of the archons are known collectively as the Celestial Hebdomad. They rule the layers of the Plane of Mount Celestia. Barachiel ruler of...
- Basilides. After describing the manifestation of the Gospel in the Ogdoad and Hebdomad, he adds that the Basilidians have a long account of the innumerable creations...