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Nomos

Nomos (plural: Nomoi) can refer to:
* the prefectures of Greece, the administrative division immediately below the peripheries of Greece (Greek: νομός, pl. νομοί)
* the subdivisions of Ancient Egypt, see Nome (subnational division)
* law (Greek: νόμος, pl. 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.
* a German watch company
* a magazine published in the 1980s and 1990s, connected with the libertarian movement
* Nomos --> an orderly world operating according to understandable laws.


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