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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A period of great peace, prosperity, and happiness.
  • noun Greek & Roman Mythology The first age of the world, an untroubled and prosperous era during which people lived in ideal happiness.

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  • noun A happy age of peace and prosperity.
  • noun A time of great progress or achievement in a particular field.
  • noun The Golden Age.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun any period (sometimes imaginary) of great peace and prosperity and happiness
  • noun (classical mythology) the first and best age of the world, a time of ideal happiness, prosperity, and innocence; by extension, any flourishing and outstanding period
  • noun a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak

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