Ogdoad

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  ogdoad \og"do*ad\ ([o^]g"d[-o]*[a^]d), n. [Gr. 'ogdoa`s,
     'ogdoa`dos, from 'oktw` eight.]
     A thing made up of eight parts. --Milman.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  ogdoad
       n : the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one [syn: {eight},
            {8}, {VIII}, {eighter}, {eighter from Decatur}, {octad},
            {octonary}, {octet}]