• Aeon

    Full definition of aeon

    Noun

    aeon

    (plural aeons)
    1. (AU, NZ, British) Alternative spelling of eon
      • 1892, w, When Earth's Last Picture is Painted (L’Envoi to 'The Seven Seas'), 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. (Gnosticism, preferred spelling, with æon) A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.----
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