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noun

aeon n.

A period of immeasurable duration. See Eon.

(Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.

Synonyms: eon

The longest division of geological time; two or more eras.

Synonyms: eon

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Etymology of 'Aeon'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Aeon" Quotes from Famous Books

... purchased the Shanghai-Woosung railway in 1876, she was thought to be going ahead. What did we think when she tore up the track and dumped it in the river? An aeon seems to have passed since that day ...

— The Awakening of China • W.A.P. Martin

... and religious intercourse is the characteristic of the new aeon on which we are entering. What are to be the final consequences of this wide intercourse? Can a people change its character? Can a nation fully possessed by one type of civilization reject it, and adopt one radically different? Do races have "souls" which ...

— Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic • Sidney L. Gulick

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