Aten

Aten [aht-n] Examples noun

1. Aton.

Aton or A·ten [aht-n] noun Egyptian Religion.

1. a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.

Examples from the Web for aten Historical Examples of aten

“I—I ha’ not ‘aten much fur two or three days,” he said to Evans.

“Seth”

Frances Hodgson Burnett

He is a youth glorious and beloved like Aten, when he shines in the horizon.

The New York Obelisk

Charles E. Moldenke

Aten, the disk of the sun, stands in a class by himself in Egyptian mythology.

Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt

Lewis Spence

But, as has been said, Aten was incapable of this fusion with the local gods.

Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt

Lewis Spence

Aten began to circle for height Tommy refilled the magazine.

The Fifth-Dimension Tube

William Fitzgerald Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for aten Aten Aton noun

1. (in ancient Egypt) the solar disc worshipped as the sole god in the reign of Akhenaten

Aton noun

1. a variant spelling of Aten

Word Origin and History for aten Aten

a name of the sun in ancient Egypt, from Egyptian itn.

Aton

variant of Aten.