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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024en•ne•ad (en′ē ad′),USA pronunciation n. - a group of nine persons or things.
- Eastern Religions[Egyptian Religion.]
- (cap.) a group of nine related deities, including Osiris, Isis, and Set, whose lineage and functions were arranged and explained by the theologians of Heliopolis.
- any group of deities arranged in a similar way, often more or less than nine in number.
- Greek ennead- (stem of enneás), equivalent. to enné(a) nine + -ad- -ad1
- 1645–55
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