Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for aeonian. Search instead for Oxonians.
Definitions

aeonian

[ee-oh-nee-uhn] / iˈoʊ ni ən /




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Tennyson, on the other hand, was already finding material for poetry in the world as seen through microscope and telescope, and as developed through "aeonian" processes of evolution.

From Alfred Tennyson by Andrew Lang

His soul had moved amid similar evocations in some aeonian past, whence now the sand was being cleared away.

From Four Weird Tales by Algernon Blackwood

What was meant by the aeonian punishments in the next world?

From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by Thomas De Quincey

With what wings   Would she come forth to greet the aeonian summer?

From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 1 by George MacDonald

We are not summoned as to a choice of two different arrangements that may suit different tastes, but to a grave question as to what is the sense and operation of the word aeonian.

From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by Thomas De Quincey




Vocabulary lists containing aeonian


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training