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egregore

/ˈɛɡɹɪɡɔɹ/

egregore noun: an angelic being from the Book of Enoch.

Noun

egregore (plural egregores)

  1. (obsolete) An angelic being from the Book of Enoch.
    • When men multiplied, says the author, they had daughters of an exquisite beauty, so amiable that the Egregores, or the guardian Angels, conceived a violent passion for them.1815, Robert Mayo, A New System of Mythology
    • […] but I must be fair, and point out that there are those who fancy he is a fallen angel, an Egregore, a guardian angel of somebody else's property, and if he really is an Egregore he may be grandfather to the Nephelim, and great grandfather to the Eliud.1884, Benjamin Charles Jones, Allegories, discources, dissertations, disquisitions, episodes, legends, parables, problems, & proverbs on fact and fiction, past and present, and the world
  2. An autonomous psychic entity that is composed of, and influences, the thoughts of a group of people.
    • In magical esoteric circles an egregore is commonly understood to be a magical psychic entity consciously or unconsciously created by a couple or a group as an encapsulation and merger of their collective aspirations and ideals.2013, Anaiya Sophia, Sacred Sexual Union: The Alchemy of Love, Power, and Wisdom

Forms of egregore

pluralegregores
alternative formegregor

Origin of egregore

From French égrégore (“spirit of a group”), from the Ancient Greek substantive of ἐγρήγορος (egrḗgoros, “wakeful”) meaning watcher, angel in the Book of Enoch.

Questions about egregore

What does egregore mean?
Egregore means an angelic being from the Book of Enoch.
What part of speech is egregore?
Egregore is a noun.
How do you pronounce egregore?
Egregore is pronounced /ˈɛɡɹɪɡɔɹ/.
What is the plural of egregore?
The plural of egregore is egregores.

Words near egregore in the dictionary

  1. egregious
  2. egregiously
  3. egregiousness
  4. egregiousnesses
  5. egregor
  6. egregore
  7. egregores
  8. egregors
  9. Egremont
  10. egres
  11. egress

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