ogdoad

/'ɔgdəæd/
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ogdoad

The ogdoad of ancient Egyptian gods is depicted in a temple relief.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one; eight: "Ogdoad" is a formal or literary term for the number eight, or a group or set of eight things.
Usage Examples
  • Noun:
    • The ancient cosmology was based on an ogdoad of primordial deities.
    • In some mystical traditions, the ogdoad represents a perfect or complete number.
Advanced Usage
  • Theological/Philosophical Context: Often used in discussions of ancient Egyptian religion (the Ogdoad of Hermopolis) or Gnosticism to refer to a group of eight primordial beings or concepts.
    • The Ogdoad in Egyptian myth consisted of four pairs of male and female deities.
Variants and Related Words
  • Octad (n): Another term for a group or set of eight.
  • Octet (n): A group of eight people or things, commonly used in music (a group of eight performers) or computing (eight bits).
  • Octonary (n/adj): Relating to or based on the number eight.
Synonyms
  • Eight: The common cardinal number.
  • Octave: A group of eight, especially in music (the interval between one musical pitch and another with double its frequency) or poetry (an eight-line stanza).
Related Phrases and Idioms

(This word is highly specific and technical; it is not commonly used in everyday idioms or phrasal verbs.)

ogdoad

The ogdoad of ancient Egyptian gods is depicted in a temple relief.

Noun
  1. the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one

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