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ogdoas

ogdoas is the alternative form of ogdoad.

Meaning of ogdoad

Noun

ogdoad (plural ogdoads)

  1. A thing made up of eight parts.
    • Probably these, as in the other systems, made the second Ogdoad; and these, with other astral influence, borrowed from the Tsabaism of the region, the twelve signs of the zodiac, and the thirty-six Decani1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity
    Synonyms:
    octet, ogdoas

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Questions about ogdoas

What is ogdoas the alternative form of?
Ogdoas is the alternative form of ogdoad.

Words near ogdoas in the dictionary

  1. ogdensburgite
  2. ogdo-
  3. ogdoa-
  4. ogdoad
  5. ogdoads
  6. ogdoas
  7. ogdoastich
  8. ogdoastichs
  9. ogdohedral
  10. ogdohedry
  11. OGDs

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