Nomos

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Nomos (plural: Nomoi) can refer to:

• the subdivisions of Ancient Egypt, see Nome (Egypt)
• the prefectures of Greece, the administrative division immediately below the peripheries of Greece (νομός, pl. νομοί)
• law (νόμος, pl. νόμοι). It is the origin of the suffix -onomy, as in astronomy, economy, or taxonomy. See also Biblical law in Christianity
• the spirit of law, in Greek mythology
• meaningful orders or worldviews of individuals, in Peter L. Berger's sociology of religion

Publications

• Nomos: Studies in Spontaneous Order a magazine published in the 1980s and 1990s, connected with the libertarian movement.
• Nomos Publishers (, ).

Companies

• NOMOS Glashütte/SA, a German watch maker
• Nomos-Uhr-Gesellschaft, Guido Müller & Co., a German watch company from 1906-1910
• an American Radiation Oncology company
• a Swiss numismatic firm

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