Duad

//ˈdjuːæd// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A pair or couple.

    "[T]hey have invented idols, a manifest advance toward that polytheism and pantheism which lead through a triad and duad of deities to monotheism, the finial of the spiritual edifice."

  2. 2
    two items of the same kind wordnet
  3. 3
    Dwadasama.
  4. 4
    An unordered pair.

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bracecouplecoupletduetduodyad

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"[T]hey have invented idols, a manifest advance toward that polytheism and pantheism which lead through a triad and duad of deities to monotheism, the finial of the spiritual edifice."

Etymology

From duo- + -ad.

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