Aeon has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
Noun
1
(Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe
"In her study of early Gnostic texts, she marveled at how each aeon represented a distinct divine force working to maintain the cosmic order."
2
the longest division of geological time
"Scientists debated whether the current aeon was ending when they discovered evidence of a mass extinction event in the rock layers."
3
an immeasurably long period of time
"oh, that happened eons ago"
4
Alternative spelling of eon
"The ancient ruins had stood untouched for an aeon, their weathered stone telling stories from a time long forgotten."
Broader Terms (hypernyms)