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 (Greek: νομός, pl. νομοί)
- law (Greek: 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
- Nomos: Studies in Spontaneous Order a magazine published in the 1980s and 1990s, connected with the libertarian movement.
- Nomos Publishers ([1], [2]).
- a German watch company
- an American Radiation Oncology company [3]
- a Swiss numismatic firm