aeon

Plural: aeons

Noun

• An immeasurably long period of time; an age.
• (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe
• the longest division of geological time
• an immeasurably long period of time
• Alternative spelling of eon.
• A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.
• Each universe in a series of universes, according to conformal cyclic cosmology.

Examples

• It took my opponent an aeon to finally make a move.

Synonyms

eon