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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

E'ON, n. [Gr. age, duration.] In the platonic philosophy, a virtue, attribute or perfection. The Platonists represented the deity as an assemblage of eons. The Gnostics considered eons as certain substantial powers or divine natures emanating from the Supreme Deity, and performing various parts in the operations of the universe.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the longest division of geological time [syn: eon, aeon]
2: an immeasurably long period of time; "oh, that happened eons ago" [syn: eon, aeon]
3: (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe [syn: eon, aeon]

Merriam Webster's

variant of aeon

Oxford Reference Dictionary

var. of AEON.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Eon E"on, AEon [AE]"on, n. [L. aeon, fr. Gr. a'iwn space or period of time, lifetime, age; akin to L. aevum. See Age.] 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 [AE]ons are Mind, Reason, Power, Truth, and Life. --Am. Cyc. Note: 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see aeon

Moby Thesaurus

Platonic year, aeon, age, ages, annus magnus, century, cycle, cycle of indiction, date, day, eternity, generation, great year, indiction, long, long time, long while, month of Sundays, right smart spell, time, years, years on end