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.
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(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.
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(lowercase) a temple dedicated to all the gods.
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(lowercase) the gods of a particular mythology considered collectively.
Origin: 1375–1425; late ME panteon < L Panthēon < Gk Pántheion, n. use of neut. of pántheios of all gods, equiv. to pan-pan-+ the(ós) god + -ios adj. suffix
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.
Pantheon A circular temple in Rome, completed in 27 B.C. and dedicated to all the gods.
A temple dedicated to all gods.
All the gods of a people considered as a group: Jupiter is head of the Roman pantheon.
A public building commemorating and dedicated to the heroes and heroines of a nation.
A group of persons most highly regarded for contributions to a field or endeavor: the pantheon of modern physics.
[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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n or, especially Brit., pan-thee-uh