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ogdoad

Noun

og=do=ad

WORDNET DICTIONARY

ogdoad(n = noun.quantity) 8, eight, eighter, eighter from decatur, octad, octet, octonary, viii - the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one; Array

is a kind of digit, figure

ogdoad, n. [Gr. 'ogdoa`s, 'ogdoa`dos, from 'oktw` eight.].

A thing made up of eight parts. Milman. [1913 Webster]

ogdoad, n. a group of eight.

Etymology

LL ogdoas ogdoad- f. Gk ogdoas -ados f. ogdoos eighth f. okto eight

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