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Meaning of PANTHEON

Pronunciation:  'pantheeân

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  (ancient Greece or Rome) a temple to all the gods
  2. [n]  a monument commemorating a nation's dead heroes
  3. [n]  all the gods of a religion
 
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 See Also: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection, deity, divinity, god, immortal, memorial, monument, temple

 

 

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pan*the"on\, n. [L. pantheon, pantheum, Gr. ? (sc. ?),
fr. ? of all gods; ?, ?, all + ? a god: cf. F. panth['e]on.
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.
 

 

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