Nomos
From Open Encyclopedia
Nomos (plural: Nomoi) can refer to:
- the prefectures of Greece, the administrative division immediately below the peripheries of Greece (Greek: νόμος, νόμοι)
- the subdivisions of Ancient Egypt, see Nome (subnational division)
- law (Greek: νόμος, νόμοι). It is the origin of the suffix -onomy, as in astronomy, economy, taxonomy.
- In Greek mythology, the spirit of law
- In the sociology of religion of Peter L. Berger, nomoi are meaningful orders or worldviews of individuals.
