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Webster 1913 Edition
aeon
aeon
,Æ′on
Noun.
1.
An immeasurable or infinite space of time; eternity; a long space of time; an age.
The
eons
of geological time. Huxley.
2.
(Gnostic Philos.)
One of the embodiments of the divine attributes of the Eternal Being.
Among the higher
æons
are Mind, Reason, Power, Truth, and Life. Am. Cyc.
☞ 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.