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 existing home sales market remained dormant in June, amid high mortgage rates and low consumer confidence," said economist Samuel Tombs of Pantheon Macroeconomics.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
Gilt yields are likely to remain elevated due to political and fiscal concerns, Pantheon Macroeconomics economists said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
While Burnham has sought to reassure bond investors by promising to stick to the government’s fiscal rules, he seems keen to increase spending, Pantheon Macroeconomics economists said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
It would keep swinging, she understood, after she and her father left the Pantheon, after she had fallen asleep that night.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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
The Panthéon is the resting place of 83 people — 76 men and seven women — including Manouchian and his wife.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron is seeking to change that by inducting Manouchian into the Panthéon national monument on Wednesday.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
In 2019, the Panthéon — a heavily freighted monument to France that was commissioned by Louis XV and finished during the Revolution — was stormed by hundreds of undocumented migrants, most from West Africa.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2022
He installed a battery of eight pieces and two batteries of four on the Butte-aux-Cailles, a dominant position between the Panthéon and the forts; he fortified the Boulevards d'Italie, De l'Hôpital, and De la Gare.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.
So, every victory represents progress in the tournament but also one more opportunity to enjoy the man who managed to reach the same heights as Diego Maradona in our pantheon of football gods.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Susan Morrison’s new biography of the “SNL” creator, “Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live,” places Michaels into the same single-name pantheon as his pals Mick and Paul.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Technological limitations make it impossible to ascertain precisely where Misiorowski ranks in the pantheon of baseball’s great fastball artists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 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
Mesoamerica would deserve its place in the human pantheon if its inhabitants had only created maize, in terms of harvest weight the world’s most important crop.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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