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Aeon

noun

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

The longest division of geological time. Synonym: eon.

An immeasurably long period of time. Synonym: eon.

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"Aeon" Quotes from Famous Books

... heavily fragrant, close, muffling the senses. The trees brooded; the house brooded; the hill hung above, deeply recollected; the bats went with a lagging flight. It was like one of those spell-bound places built for an hour or an aeon or a moment on the borders of elfdom, full of charms and old wizardry, ready to fall inwards at a word, but invincible to all but that word. The hot scent of the trees and the garden mingled with the smell of manure, pigsties, cooking pig-wash and Vessons' 'Tom Moody' tobacco. It made ...

— Gone to Earth • Mary Webb

... Earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted and dried, When the oldest colours 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 ...

— Poems Every Child Should Know - The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library • Various

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