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Aeon

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Variant of eon.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Alternative spelling of eon.

n. A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A period of immeasurable duration. See eon.

n. a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.

n. the longest division of geological time; two or more eras.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. etc. See eon, eonian, etc.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the longest division of geological time

n. an immeasurably long period of time

n. (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe

Word Usage

"The word aeon (aion) signifying "age", "the ever-existing", "eternity", came to be applied to the divine eternal power, and to the personified attributes of that power, whence it was extended to designate the successive emanations from the divinity which the Gnostics conceived as necessary intermediaries between the spiritual and the material worlds."

Equivalent

æon

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

age long time years supernatural being spiritual being

Variant

eon

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