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Archon vs Aeon - What's the difference?

archon | aeon |

As nouns the difference between archon and aeon

is that archon is a chief magistrate of ancient athens while aeon is (au|nz|british).

archon

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A chief magistrate of ancient Athens.
  • :* 1980 : Hated by the archons of Athens for his fearless condemnation of municipal graft, he was hypocritically arraigned on a charge of corrupting Athenian youth. (Burgess, Earthly Powers )
  • A ruler, head of state or other leader.
  • :* 1922 : But neither the midwife’s lore nor the caudlectures saved him from the archons of Sinn Fein and their noggin of hemlock. (Joyce, Ulysses )
  • (gnosticism) A supernatural being subordinate to the Demiurge.

    • Related terms

    * archaeo- * archaic * archaism * archeo- * archive * -archy

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    aeon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (AU, NZ, British)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1892, author=
    • , title=When Earth's Last Picture is Painted (L’Envoi to 'The Seven Seas') , passage=When Earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted and dried,/ When the oldest colors have faded, and the youngest critic has died,/ We shall rest, and, faith, we shall need it -- lie down for an aeon or two,/Till the Master of All Good Workmen shall put us to work anew.}}
  • A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.
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