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dodecad

/doʊˈdɛkæd/

dodecad noun: a group or set of twelve.

Noun

dodecad (plural dodecads)

  1. A group or set of twelve.
    • We have also examined some of the relations between the two dodecads of signs and houses.1903, H. S. Green, Theoretical Astrology, page 63
    • Plato at any rate assumed that the number twelve befitted the disembodied gods as a perfect number[...] This dodecad of the disembodied gods has been shown by us to proceed from on high triadically, but multiplied by four [...]1987, C.R. Long, Twelve gods of Greece and Rome, BRILL, →ISBN, page 117

Examples of dodecad in a sentence

  • [...] the lowest pair of transcendent principles, all-begetter Savior and all-begettress Sophia, produced a dodecad of twelve equally paired powers, six male and six female.2001, John Douglas Turner, Sethian Gnosticism and the Platonic Tradition, Presses Université Laval, →ISBN, page 207:
  • Marcos, according to Irenaeus, also assumed a decad of ten heavenly circles and a dodecad of twelve zodiacal signs.1966, Saint Thomas (Aquinas), Spurious and Doubtful Works:

Forms of dodecad

pluraldodecads
alternative formduodecad

Origin of dodecad

From dodec- + -ad.

Questions about dodecad

What does dodecad mean?
Dodecad means a group or set of twelve.
How do you use dodecad in a sentence?
[...] the lowest pair of transcendent principles, all-begetter Savior and all-begettress Sophia, produced a dodecad of twelve equally paired powers, six male and six female.
What part of speech is dodecad?
Dodecad is a noun.
How do you pronounce dodecad?
Dodecad is pronounced /doʊˈdɛkæd/.
What is the plural of dodecad?
The plural of dodecad is dodecads.

Words near dodecad in the dictionary

  1. dodecabismuth
  2. dodecaboride
  3. dodecaborides
  4. dodecacarbonate
  5. dodecachloride
  6. dodecad
  7. dodecadactyla
  8. dodecadactylum
  9. dodecade
  10. dodecadeltahedra
  11. dodecadeltahedron

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