27 September 2010

aeon (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. eon


Aeon comes from the same root as eon, the Greek aion, meaning "age, eternity." Its first recorded use dates from the 1640s.

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