ennead
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An ennead could mean any group of nine deities that operate together, but the most well known is the Great Ennead of Heliopolis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2022
A group of nine is called an ennead.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2017
Finally, an ennead of gorillas--four bachelors on one side of a waterfall, a family of five safely on the other--scuff their knuckles as they proudly prowl.
From Time Magazine Archive
To the east of them I beheld another ennead.
From The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga With Introductions And Notes by Charles William Eliot
Isis, 43, 90-92. ---- ennead of Heliopolis, 80. ---- obtains name of Ra, 10. ---- virgin goddess, 4.
From The Religion of Ancient Egypt by Sir W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders) Petrie
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