aeon

• The macabre nature of our errand faded from my mind, and I thought I could have stayed up there in that fragrant meadow for an aeon or two, like the shepherd. —  The Historian
• An aeon is a long period of time and is of little consequence to one who still thinks of himself as only mortal. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
• In Kabbalah and Gnostic writings Gamaliel is the name of a great aeon or luminary, a beneficent spirit associated with Gabriel, Abraxas, Mikhar, and Samlo. —  Faultline USA
• He made obeisance before the machilla, in which men of his own kind bore up a delicate, pale prodigy, an incredible creature from another aeon or planet He was a wizened, old man with shreds of white wool on his chin. —  Sacrifice
• If we go on forever, perhaps they will in an aeon or two He paused to give her an opportunity to say something which he might use as a subject for proceeding farther. —  The Seventh Noon

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

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