aeon

[ ee-uhn, ee-on ]
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noun
  1. Also Ae·on . (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.

  2. eon.

Origin of aeon

1
First recorded in 1580–90; from Late Latin, from Greek aiṓn “age, long period of time, eternity”

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How to use aeon in a sentence

  • In a January piece in aeon Magazine, science writer Philip Ball identifies the dangers of “instrument-worship” among scientists.

  • After what seemed an aeon, they saw that it was daylight outside.

  • Don't you remember what happened to the passengers of the aeon, when that steamer was wrecked on Christmas Island?

    By Right of Conquest | Arthur Hornblow
  • The Mesozoic time certainly terminated with the Cretaceous, and what follows belongs to a distinct aeon.

  • He himself hopes along with his followers to live to see the decisive turn of things, the dawn of the new and better aeon.

    The Christ | John Eleazer Remsburg
  • Given such a culture-hero, the common herd was capable of carrying on more or less mechanically for an aeon or so.

British Dictionary definitions for aeon

aeon

esp US eon

/ (ˈiːən, ˈiːɒn) /


noun
  1. an immeasurably long period of time; age

  2. a period of one thousand million years

  1. (often capital) gnosticism one of the powers emanating from the supreme being and culminating in the demiurge

Origin of aeon

1
C17: from Greek aiōn an infinitely long time

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