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aeon

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ae·on  (n, n)
n.
Variant of eon.

aeon esp US, eon [ˈiːən ˈiːɒn]
n
1. an immeasurably long period of time; age
2. (Astronomy) a period of one thousand million years
3. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) (often capital) Gnosticism one of the powers emanating from the supreme being and culminating in the demiurge
[from Greek aiōn an infinitely long time]

Aeon an indefinitely long period of time.
Example: aeons of time, 1647.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.aeon - (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe
Gnosticism - a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churches
spiritual being, supernatural being - an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events
2.aeon - the longest division of geological time
geologic time, geological time - the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history)
geological era, era - a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods
3.aeon - an immeasurably long period of time; "oh, that happened eons ago"
long time, years, age - a prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"
Translations
aeon [ˈiːən] N
1. (Astron) → eón m
2. (fig) → eternidad f
aeon [ˈiːɒn] néternité f
aeon
nÄon m (geh), → Ewigkeit f; through aeons of timeäonenlang (geh)
aeon eon (esp Am) [ˈiːən] neternità f inv


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During the three terrible hours that the play had lasted, he had lived centuries of pain, aeon upon aeon of torture.
I have a dream of laying my head on your breast and sleeping an aeon or so, and the dream will come true ere another year is gone.
I sighed, following the sartorial train of thought, even to the loathly arrows that had decorated my person once already for a little aeon.
 
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