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

Example Sentences

Robert Badinter, the justice minister who ended the death penalty in France in 1981, entered the country's Pantheon mausoleum of outstanding historical figures on Thursday, just hours after his grave was vandalised.

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President Emmanuel Macron inside the Pantheon said Badinter's voice would ring out in posterity.

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"As he enters the Pantheon, we hear his voice advocating for these great, essential, and unfinished battles," he said, mentioning "the universal abolition of the death penalty", as well as the fight against anti-Semitism and to uphold the rule of law.

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“Fund management in private credit requires a very different skill set than managing a number of large discrete assets, like in private equity,” said Rakesh Jain, a partner and the global head of private credit at private-markets investor Pantheon Ventures.

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Pantheon has deployed some $3.5 billion so far in 2025, already surpassing the $3 billion the firm invested in credit secondaries during all of 2024, he added.

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