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Pan·the·on 
[pan-thee-on, -uhn or, especially Brit., pan-thee-uhn] Pronunciation Key
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[pan-thee-on, -uhn or, especially Brit., pan-thee-uhn] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a domed circular temple at Rome, erected a.d. 120–124 by Hadrian, used as a church since a.d. 609. |
| 2. | (lowercase) a public building containing tombs or memorials of the illustrious dead of a nation. |
| 3. | (lowercase) the place of the heroes or idols of any group, individual, movement, party, etc., or the heroes or idols themselves: to earn a place in the pantheon of American literature. |
| 4. | (lowercase) a temple dedicated to all the gods. |
| 5. | (lowercase) the gods of a particular mythology considered collectively. |
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME panteon < L Panthéon < Gk Pántheion, n. use of neut. of pántheios of all gods, equiv. to pan- pan- + the(ós) god + -ios adj. suffix]
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pan·the·on·ic, adjective
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Pan·thé·on
[pahn-tey-awn] Pronunciation Key
[pahn-tey-awn] Pronunciation Key –noun
| a national monument in Paris, France, used as a sepulcher for eminent French persons, begun in 1764 by Soufflot as the church of Ste. Geneviève and secularized in 1885. |
Also called Panthéon Fran·çais
[frahn-se] Pronunciation Key.
[frahn-se] Pronunciation Key.
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| pan·the·on
(pān'thē-ŏn', -ən) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English Panteon, Pantheon, from Latin Panthēum, Panthēon, from Greek Pantheion, shrine of all the gods, from neuter sing. of pantheios, of all the gods : pan-, pan- + theos, god; see dhēs- in Indo-European roots.] |
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pantheon
pantheon
c.1300, from Pantheon, temple for all the gods, built in Rome c.25 B.C.E. by Agrippa (since 609 C.E. made into the Christian church of Santa Maria Rotonda), from Gk. Pantheion (hieron) "(shrine) of all the gods," from pantheion, neut. of pantheios, from pan- "all" + theios "of or for the gods," from theos "god" (see Thea). Sense of any group of exalted persons is first found 1596.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| pantheon | |
noun | |
| 1. | all the gods of a religion |
| 2. | a monument commemorating a nation's dead heroes |
| 3. | (antiquity) a temple to all the gods |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Pantheon
Pan*the"on\, n. [L. pantheon, pantheum, Gr. ? (sc. ?), fr. ? of all gods; ?, ?, all + ? a god: cf. F. panth['e]on. See Pan-, and Theism.]1. A temple dedicated to all the gods; especially, the building so called at Rome. 2. The collective gods of a people, or a work treating of them; as, a divinity of the Greek pantheon.
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