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Aeon

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Noun
  1. 1
    Commonwealth standard spelling of eon.

    "When Earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted and dried,/ When the oldest colors have faded, and the youngest critic has died,/ We shall rest, and, faith, we shall need it -- lie down for an aeon or two,/Till the Master of All Good Workmen shall put us to work anew."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of aeon. alt-of
  3. 3
    (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe wordnet
  4. 4
    A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.
  5. 5
    an immeasurably long period of time wordnet
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  1. 6
    Each universe in a series of universes, according to conformal cyclic cosmology.
  2. 7
    the longest division of geological time wordnet

Etymology

From Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn, “age, era”).

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