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Definition of Pantheon

1. Noun. All the gods of a religion.

2. Noun. A monument commemorating a nation's dead heroes.

3. Noun. (antiquity) a temple to all the gods.

Definition of Pantheon

1. n. A temple dedicated to all the gods; especially, the building so called at Rome.

Definition of Pantheon

1. Proper noun. The circular Roman temple dedicated to all the gods in 27 BC in Rome. Since the 7th century AD reconsecrated by christianity and dedicated to their single god. ¹

2. Noun. a temple dedicated to all the gods ¹

3. Noun. (mythology) all the gods of a particular people or religion, particularly the ancient Greek gods residing on Olympus, considered as a group ¹

4. Noun. a category or classification denoting the most honored persons of a group ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pantheon

1. a temple dedicated to all the gods [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pantheon

pantetheines pantethine panthea pantheism pantheisms pantheist pantheistic pantheistical pantheistically pantheists

panthenol pantheologies pantheologist pantheologists pantheology pantheon pantheonise pantheonised pantheonises pantheonising

pantheonization pantheonizations pantheonize pantheonized pantheonizes pantheonizing pantheons panther panther cap panther cat

Literary usage of Pantheon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1891)
"... January 17th 1893, by Dr. T. EDMONDSTON CHARLES on the so called Pantheon of Agrippa in the light of recent discoveries. His Excellency LORD VIVIAN. ..."

2. A Wanderer in Paris by Edward Verrall Lucas (1909)
"THE Pantheon, like the Madeleine, has had its vicissitudes. The new Madeleine, as we shall see, was begun by Napoleon as a splendid Temple of military glory ..."

3. The London Pleasure Gardens of the Eighteenth Century by Arthur Edgar Wroth, ., Warwick William Wroth (1896)
"THE Pantheon, SPA FIELDS THE Spa Fields Pantheon stood on the south side of the present Exmouth Street, and occupied the site of the Ducking Pond House,1 a ..."

4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1835)
"THE Pantheon BAZAAR. IN the accompanying Plate, our readers are presented with a view of the magnificent building which has succeeded the old Theatre called ..."

5. Ten Years in Washington: Or, Inside Life and Scenes in Our National Capital by Mary Clemmer (1882)
"A SOLITARY lady has arrived in the old Hall of the House of Representatives; or, as Senator Anthony eloquently calls it, " the Pantheon of America. ..."

6. Rome of To-day and Yesterday: The Pagan City by John Dennie (1896)
"His name, deep-cut in the portico of the Pantheon, is more conspicuous than any ... At the same time, the Pantheon has always been a stupendous problem in ..."

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