PANTHEON

pantheon

(noun) (antiquity) a temple to all the gods

pantheon

(noun) a monument commemorating a nation’s dead heroes

pantheon

(noun) all the gods of a religion

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Pantheon

The circular Roman temple dedicated to all the gods in 27 B.C.E. in Rome, rebuilt c. 125 C.E. and later consecrated as church.

Etymology

Noun

pantheon (plural pantheons or panthea)

A temple dedicated to all the gods.

(mythology) All the gods of a particular people or religion, particularly the ancient Greek gods residing on Olympus, considered as a group.

(by extension) A category or classification denoting the most honored persons of a group.

Source: Wiktionary


Pan*the"on, n. Etym: [L. pantheon, pantheum, Gr. panthéon. See Pan-, and Theism.]

1. A temple dedicated to all the gods; especially, the building so called at Rome.

2. The collective gods of a people, or a work treating of them; as, a divinity of the Greek pantheon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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