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aeon

[ee-uhn, ee-on] Origin

ae·on

[ee-uhn, ee-on]
noun
1.
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
2.

Origin:
1640–50; < Late Latin < Greek aiṓn space of time, age
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aeon or esp (US) eon (ˈiːən, ˈiːɒn, ˈiːən, ˈiːɒn)
 
n
1.  an immeasurably long period of time; age
2.  a period of one thousand million years
3.  (often capital) gnosticism one of the powers emanating from the supreme being and culminating in the demiurge
 
[C17: from Greek aiōn an infinitely long time]
 
eon or esp (US) eon
 
n
 
[C17: from Greek aiōn an infinitely long time]

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aeon
1640s, from L. aeon, from Gk. aion "age, eternity" (see eon).
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