aeonian

or e·o·ni·an

[ee-oh-nee-uh n]

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adjective

eternal; everlasting.

Origin of aeonian

1755–65; < Greek aiṓni(os) (aiṓn aeon + -ios adj. suffix) + -an

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If the days of Genesis mean indefinite periods of aeonian duration, how is the seventh day of rest to be understood?
Creation and Its Records
B.H. Baden-Powell
And, afterwards, the new spiritual state will probably be an improvement—Aeonian evolution through all the spheres.
Psychical Miscellanea
J. Arthur Hill
His soul had moved amid similar evocations in some aeonian past, whence now the sand was being cleared away.
Four Weird Tales
Algernon Blackwood

British Dictionary definitions for aeonian

aeonian

eonian

adjective literary

everlasting

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Examples from the Web for aeonian

Historical Examples

If the days of Genesis mean indefinite periods of aeonian duration, how is the seventh day of rest to be understood?

And, afterwards, the new spiritual state will probably be an improvement—Aeonian evolution through all the spheres.

His soul had moved amid similar evocations in some aeonian past, whence now the sand was being cleared away.

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