Pantheon

¹

[pan-thee-on, -uhn, pan-thee-uhn]

noun

1. a domed circular temple at Rome, erected a.d. 120–124 by Hadrian, used as a church since a.d.

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.

Panthéon

²

[pahn-tey-awn]

noun

1. 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

¹

/ pænˈθiːən, ˈpænθɪən /

noun

1. (esp in ancient Greece or Rome) a temple to all the gods

2. all the gods collectively of a religion

3. a monument or building commemorating a nation's dead heroes

Pantheon

²

/ pænˈθiːən, ˈpænθɪən /

noun

1. a circular temple in Rome dedicated to all the gods, built by Agrippa in 27 _bc , rebuilt by Hadrian 120–24 _ad , and used since 609 _ad as a Christian church

Other Word Forms

• pantheonic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Pantheon¹

1375–1425; late Middle English panteon < Latin Panthēon < Greek Pántheion, noun use of neuter of pántheios of all gods, equivalent to pan- pan- + the ( ós ) god + -ios adj. suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of Pantheon¹

C14: via Latin from Greek Pantheion, from _pan- + -theios divine, from theos god

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