aeon
Americannoun
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Also Aeon (in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
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an immeasurably long period of time; age
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a period of one thousand million years
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(often capital) gnosticism one of the powers emanating from the supreme being and culminating in the demiurge
Etymology
Origin of aeon
First recorded in 1580–90; from Late Latin, from Greek aiṓn “age, long period of time, eternity”
Vocabulary lists containing aeon
Example Sentences
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A key difference between the Figure and Aeon robots is that Figure walks, but Aeon has wheels instead of feet.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
“The selfish-gene model increasingly impoverishes both scientific and popular views of genetics and evolution,” David Dobbs wrote in an essay for Aeon.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
Aeon, a major supermarket chain Aeon that has been testing cesium and iodine levels in fish, announced plans to also test for tritium, a radionuclide inseparable from water.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023
The youngest victim was 2-year-old Aeon Tocchini, who was on the couch when a redwood crashed through the roof of his family’s double wide in a small Sonoma County town.
From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2023
As the grand organ pealed sonorously through the fragrant air, I remembered the ever youthful and gracious Spirits of Music, one of whom, Aeon, had promised to be my friend.
From A Romance of Two Worlds by Corelli, Marie
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