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noun
- a group of nine persons or things.
- Egyptian Religion.
- (initial capital letter)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.
noun
- a group or series of nine
- the sum of or number nine
“group of nine things,” 1650s, from Greek enneas (genitive enneados) “group of nine,” from ennea “nine” (cognate with Sanskrit nava, Latin novem, Gothic niun, Old English nigun; see nine).