egregore
An angelic being from the Book of Enoch.
obsolete
When men multiplied, says the author, they had daughters of an exquisite beauty, so amiable that the Egregores, or the guardian Angels, conceived a violent passion for them.
An autonomous psychic entity that is composed of, and influences, the thoughts of a group of people.
In magical esoteric circles an egregore is commonly understood to be a magical psychic entity consciously or unconsciously created by a couple or a group as an encapsulation and merger of their collective aspirations and ideals.
Where it comes from
From French égrégore (“spirit of a group”), from the Ancient Greek substantive of ἐγρήγορος (egrḗgoros, “wakeful”) meaning watcher, angel in the Book of Enoch.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry egregore (CC BY-SA 4.0).