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Definition of Athenaeum
1. Noun. A literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning.
2. Noun. A place where reading materials are available.
Definition of Athenaeum
1. Noun. An association for the advancement of learning, particularly in the fields of science or literature. ¹
2. Noun. A building for storing books or newspapers; a library, reading-room etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Athenaeum
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Athenaeum
1. Origin: L. Athenaemum, Gr. A temple of Minerva at Athens, fr, contr. Fr, in Homer, Athene (called Minerva by the Romans), the tutelary goddess of Athens. 1 A temple of Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works and instruct students. 2. A school founded at Rome by Hadrian. 3. A literary or scientific association or club. 4. A building or an apartment where a library, periodicals, and newspapers are kept for use. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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Literary usage of Athenaeum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Some XVIII Century Men of Letters: Biographical Essays by Whitwell Elwin (1902)
"I do not know what official I ought to write to, and am afraid of mistakes, which
makes me ask you to have the kindness to walk down to the athenaeum and ..."
2. Travels Through Part of the United States and Canada in 1818 and 1819 by John Morison Duncan (1823)
"Boston is rich in public libraries, and among these the athenaeum claims pre-eminence.
... The athenaeum, although richest in the literary department, ..."
3. Memoirs of Libraries: Including a Handbook of Library Economy by Edward Edwards (1859)
"In 1810, the two collections were conjoined, and the ^athenaeum" received a
charter of incorporation. It now contains about 12700 volumes,—is rich in works ..."
4. America, Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive by James Silk Buckingham (1841)
"Report on the State of Education in Pennsylvania —Philosophical Society and
athenaeum.—Historical Relics in the athenaeum. ..."
5. Studies of the Northern Campus Martius in Ancient Rome by Robert E. A. Palmer (1990)
"At the time of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus the most distinguished Greek professor
held forth in the athenaeum, to which senators and knights flocked to ..."
6. Studies of the Northern Campus Martius in Ancient Romeby Robert E. A. Palmer by Robert E. A. Palmer (1990)
"The athenaeum, "called after the fact of its educational purpose," hosted the
meeting which Dio Cassius himself attended.159 From the Historia Augusta we ..."
7. James Mill: A Biography by Alexander Bain (1882)
"This would seem to show that mere party feeling went to greater lengths then, in
excluding men from the athenaeum, than it would do now. ..."
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