'aeon' definitions:
Definition of 'aeon'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'aeon'
From: GCIDE
- Eon \E"on\, aeon \[ae]"on\, n. [L. aeon, fr. Gr. a'iwn space or period of time, lifetime, age; akin to L. aevum. See Age.]
- 1. An immeasurable or infinite space of time; eternity; a long space of time; an age. [1913 Webster]
- The eons of geological time. --Huxley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Gnostic Philos.) One of the embodiments of the divine attributes of the Eternal Being. [1913 Webster]
- Among the higher [ae]ons are Mind, Reason, Power, Truth, and Life. --Am. Cyc. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Eons were considered to be emanations sent forth by God from the depths of His grand solitude to fulfill various functions in the material and spiritual universe. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'aeon'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- age,
- ages,
- annus magnus,
- blue moon,
- century,
- cycle,
- cycle of indiction,
- date,
- day,
- eternity,
- florid,
- generation,
- great year,
- indiction,
- long,
- long time,
- long while,
- month of Sundays,
- Platonic year,
- right smart spell,
- time,
- years,
- years on end