Pantheon

//ˈpænθiən// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A temple dedicated to all the gods.
  2. 2
    (antiquity) a temple to all the gods wordnet
  3. 3
    All the gods of a particular people or religion, particularly the ancient Greek gods residing on Olympus, considered as a group.

    "Every act of a Roman, from birth to death, from dawn to night, was controlled and supervised by some presiding deity. Man was thus virtually a symbolic puppet in the hands of the Roman pantheon."

  4. 4
    a monument commemorating a nation's dead heroes wordnet
  5. 5
    A category or classification denoting the most honored persons of a group. broadly

    "Usain Bolt seals his place in the pantheon with stunning fifth gold"

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  1. 6
    all the gods of a religion wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The circular Roman temple dedicated to all the gods in 27 BCE in Rome, rebuilt c. 125 CE and later consecrated as a church.

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pagodatabernacletemple

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"Is it the Pantheon in Athens or something like that?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Pantheon, c. 1300.

Etymology 2

From Latin Pantheon, from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pántheion, “a temple of all gods”), neuter of πάνθειος (pántheios, “of or common to all gods”), from παν- (pan-, “all, everything”) + θεῖος (theîos, “of or for the gods”), from θεός (theós, “god”).

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