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Added 7 October 2026

aeon

noun

Latin root: aeon Wiktionary

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Commonwealth standard spelling of eon.
A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.
Each universe in a series of universes, according to conformal cyclic cosmology.

Origin

From Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn, “age, era”).

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