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Definition of Atheneum
1. Noun. A literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning.
2. Noun. A place where reading materials are available.
Definition of Atheneum
1. n. A temple of Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works and instruct students.
Definition of Atheneum
1. a literary institution [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atheneum
Literary usage of Atheneum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dial by Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley (1841)
"THE atheneum EXHIBITION OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE. THE gallery of paintings has
been well worth visiting this year, if only to see the very beautiful copy ..."
2. History of Worcester, Massachusetts: From Its Earliest Settlement to by William Lincoln, Charles Hersey (1862)
"atheneum. Banks. Insurance Companies. Savings Institution. Various Associations.
Military Companies. Newspapers and Periodicals. ..."
3. The Family Tourist: A Visit to the Principal Cities of the Western Continent by Charles Augustus Goodrich (1848)
"Wadsworth atheneum," named after Daniel Wadsworth, Esq., who gave the spot on
which it stands, besides a large sum towards its erection, is an ornament to ..."
4. The German Drama in English on the Philadelphia Stage from 1794 to 1830 by Charles Frederic Brede (1918)
"... very popular, and so it is of interest to note an announcement in The Boston
atheneum: "Mr. Soane has in the press 'Undine', a fairy romance, ..."
5. Sea-girt Nantucket: A Hand-book of Historical and Contemporaneous by Henry Sherman Wyer (1906)
"4 The atheneum Library. From an able and exhaustive paper written for the inquirer
and Mirror in 1900 by Miss Sarah F. Barnard, for many years the popular ..."
6. The Salem Directory by George Adams (1846)
"SOCIETIES AND INCORPORATED COMPANIES. SALEM atheneum ... The books belonging to
the atheneum are deposited in Lawrence Place. ..."
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