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pantheon
(pænθiɒn)
Word forms: plural pantheons
countable noun
You can refer to a group of gods or a group of important people as a pantheon.
[written] ...the birthplace of Krishna, another god of the Hindu pantheon. [+ of]
...the Communist Party's pantheon of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin.
pantheon in British English
(pænˈθiːən, ˈpænθɪən)
noun
1.
(esp in ancient Greece or Rome) a temple to all the gods
2.
all the gods collectively of a religion
3.
a monument or building commemorating a nation's dead heroes
Word origin
C14: via Latin from Greek Pantheion, from pan- + -theios divine, from theos godPantheon in British English
(pænˈθiːən, ˈpænθɪən)
noun
a circular temple in Rome dedicated to all the gods, built by Agrippa in 27 bc, rebuilt by Hadrian 120–24 ad, and used since 609 ad as a Christian church
pantheon in American English
(ˈpænθiˌɑn; ˈpænθiən; also, Chiefly British pænˈθiən)
noun
1.
a temple for all the gods
2. [P-]
a temple built by Agrippa in Rome in 27 b.c., and rebuilt in the 2d cent. a.d. by Hadrian: used since a.d. 609 as a Christian Church
3.
all the gods of a people
4. [often P-]
a building in which famous dead persons of a nation are entombed or commemorated, as the church of Sainte-Geneviève in Paris
Word origin
ME Panteon < L < Gr pantheion < pan, all (see pan-) + theos, a god: see theo-Image ofpantheon
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In other languagespantheon
British English: pantheon NOUN
You can refer to a group of gods or a group of important people as a pantheon.
...the birthplace of Krishna, another god of the Hindu pantheon.
- American English: pantheon
- Brazilian Portuguese: panteão
- Chinese: 万神殿
- European Spanish: panteón
- French: panthéon
- German: Pantheon
- Italian: pantheon
- Japanese: 神々
- Korean: 신들
- European Portuguese: panteão
- Latin American Spanish: panteón