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Aton

Aton

2 9.9
The sun god that Pharaoh Akhenaten made the only god in ancient Egypt
  • proper noun
  • Literature
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  • Give yourselves to the great Aton, and you will know peace.
  • the great Aton

Examples

  • It's the symbol of the Sun God, Aton.

    The Egyptian (1954)

  • Aton has abandoned me to war to madness to death.

    The Egyptian (1954)

  • Yes, my vision of Aton, was beautiful.

    The Egyptian (1954)

  • I prayed that Aton would teach you humility, and manners.

    The Egyptian (1954)

  • He worshipped one god, Aton, the light of the sun, and he even built a city for that god.

  • It's the symbol of the Sun God, Aton.

Synonyms

Aten
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  • Literature
2 9.9

The sun worshipped as a god in ancient Egypt under Akhenaten

is the same deity but in another spelling or form

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Aton comes from the ancient Egyptian word Aten, which meant the 'sun disk', a simple picture of the sun as a bright round disk in the sky. So Aton is the name of the sun god worshipped as the only god by Pharaoh Akhenaten.