Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A thing made up of eight parts, as a poem of eight lines, a body of eight persons, or the like.
- noun In Gnosticism: In the system of Basilides (see
Basilidianism ), a group of eight divine beings, namely the supreme god and the seven most direct emanations from him; according to another authority, the ethereal region where the great archon sits at the right hand of his father. - noun In the system of Valentinus, a group of eight divine beings called eons.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A thing made up of eight parts.
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- noun A thing made up of
eight parts .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Egyptian god Osiris was the Baal of the Phoenicians, the Marduk of the Babylonians, the Tammuz of the Semites, the Nimrod of the Bible, the Pangu of the ogdoad.
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In the beginning there was nothing in the universe except a formless chaos. like the ogdoad!
Think Progress » Robo calls, push polls and other dirty tricks. 2006
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All united, these divinities of the ogdoad form the beginnings and are the fathers and mothers of all things.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Nun now began to differentiate itself — i.e., its qualities became manifest in a cosmogonic ogdoad of deities (four pairs, male and female); Nun and Nunet, Heh and Hehet, Keke and Keket, Nenu and Nenut.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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The ogdoad of the Egyptians and similar numerical phantasies among other peoples had no influence on Christian liturgy.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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From that, again, it follows that the Jaina doctrine of bondage and release is untenable; according to which doctrine 'the soul, which in the state of bondage is encompassed by the ogdoad of works and sunk in the ocean of sa/m/sâra, rises when its bonds are sundered, as the gourd rises to the surface of the water when it is freed from the encumbering clay [415].'
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 George Thibaut 1881
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Marina del Rey attorney was sentenced Weekday to seven age and ogdoad months in situation for his persona in an motorcar insurance fraud jewellery that stole almost $3 1000000, officials said.
Lowell Sun Forum 2009
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Marina del Rey attorney was sentenced Weekday to seven age and ogdoad months in situation for his persona in an motorcar insurance fraud jewellery that stole almost $3 1000000, officials said.
Lowell Sun Forum 2009
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