a domed circular temple at Rome, erected a.d. 120–124 by Hadrian, used as a church since a.d.
(lowercase) a public building containing tombs or memorials of the illustrious dead of a nation.
(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.
(lowercase) a temple dedicated to all the gods.
(lowercase) the gods of a particular mythology considered collectively.
(esp in ancient Greece or Rome) a temple to all the gods
all the gods collectively of a religion
a monument or building commemorating a nation's dead heroes
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
In the pantheon of great movie stars, Marilyn Monroe might well be considered the brightest of them all. The actual Pantheon was a temple built by the Romans — but we use it to mean any group of exalted figures. To place someone in a pantheon is to decide that they belong to a "club" whose members are all only the greatest people to have done the same thing. It's like a little temple of little gods. Tiger Woods, for example, definitely belongs in the pantheon of great golfers –– alongside Palmer, Nicklaus and Singh. If you want to see the real Pantheon, that is the building itself with the world's oldest concrete dome, then you'll have to go to Rome.
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“The housing market is going nowhere fast,” Oliver Allen, a senior U.S. economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, wrote in a note.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
“The ‘Burnham agenda’ would ultimately face the same set of dire public finances as the current administration,” Pantheon Macroeconomics economists Rob Wood and Elliott Jordan-Doak said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Online sales were up more than 12% on an annual based, which could be related to Americans trying to stay home and conserve gasoline, noted Pantheon Macro.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
“Andy Burnham is extremely likely to become the next prime minister if he wins the Makerfield by-election,” Pantheon Macroeconomics’ Rob Wood and Elliott Jordan-Doak said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
As in the Pantheon, the domed roof was a waffle pattern of recessed square panels, but here each panel was a stela—a grave marker with Ancient Greek inscriptions.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
In 1989, during the French revolutionary bicentennial celebrations, Condorcet was symbolically interred in the Panthéon, but Brissot, who advocated the export of the revolution to other nations by force, remains a less-celebrated figure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Manouchian is the first foreign and first communist Resistance fighter to be inducted into the Panthéon, Peschanski noted.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
Manouchian’s coffin, covered with the French flag, will be carried in the street in front of the Panthéon by soldiers of the Foreign Legion.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
In this still shot, the city stretches into the distance, the perfectly centered Panthéon punctuating the frame.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2022
Duval had established himself at the Panthéon, and waited.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.
“Plucked from a provincial neighborhood,” John Buchanan writes, Greene “rose to high fame in his time and rests now in the pantheon of heroes of the Revolution and a Founder of the new nation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
He called for letting Iran back into the pantheon of “good guys,” provided “they behave themselves.”
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
Another on the verge of joining that pantheon is of a more recent vintage in the form of goalkeeper Nigel Martyn.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
After securing a sixth major title at Augusta National on Sunday, where does the 36-year-old from Northern Ireland go next and where does he now sit in the pantheon of golfing greats?
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
Indeed, if there were an American pantheon, only Washington would have had a more secure place in it than Franklin.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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