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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ennead \En"ne*ad\, noun [Gr. ?, ?, fr. 'enne'a nine.] The number nine or a group of nine.
{The Enneads}, the title given to the works of the philosopher Plotinus, published by his pupil Porphyry; -- so called because each of the six books into which it is divided contains nine chapters.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ennead
noun: the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one [syn: {nine}, {9}, {IX}, {niner}, {Nina from Carolina}]
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