noun (formal or literary)
1 a period of time in history, especially one during which important events or changes happen:
The death of the emperor marked the end of an epoch in the country's history.
2 (technical) a long period of time in the world's history or in the earth's development:
geological epochs
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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