Definition of "ennead" []

• A group or set of nine. (noun)

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• "And NINE, or the ennead, also, being the multiple of"
• "A similar attempt in favour of Re and his ennead was perhaps made by the Memphite kings."
• "To this first ennead, of which Tûm (later supplanted by Re) appears as the head, two others were added, the first of which began with Horus, as son of Osiris and Isis."