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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noun
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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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So here's another important caveat: If a week is a long time in politics these days, a fortnight is an absolute aeon.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2018
In this new era of oversharing, the 1994 of Four Weddings seems an aeon away.
From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2016
The time frame matches Bottke’s model and corresponds to the Archaean aeon.
From Nature • Apr. 25, 2012
How strange, though, to compare this reasonable piece of entertainment with the sensational impact of that first Shrek film, way back in 2001, an aeon in movie-trend terms.
From The Guardian • Jul. 1, 2010
The aeon, it is alleged, must always express the same idea, whatever that may be; if it is less than eternity for the evil cases, then it must be less for the good ones.
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas
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