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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