Ealar, singular Eala, are those bodyless spirits who were created befor Ea, of which the Ainur are one type.
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Ainur (which may itself be an Arda-specific class of beings)
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What? All I have to go on is the 77 Sil and the quotes that I have read on the Downs but the Sil says that the Ainur were created beforehand and that those who went into Arda were broken up into subgroups such as Valar and Maiar, but some of the Ainur stayed with Iluvatar.