Associations to the word «Ogdoad»

Wiktionary

OGDOAD, noun. A thing made up of eight parts.
OGDOAD, proper noun. The group of eight primordial deities worshipped at Hermopolis in Ancient Egyptian times: Naunet and Nu, Amaunet and Amun, Kauket and Kuk, and Hauhet and Huh.

Dictionary definition

OGDOAD, noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats