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pantheon definition

pan·theon (pan′t̸hē än′, -ən; also, chiefly Brit, pan t̸hē′ən)

noun

  1. a temple for all the gods
  2. a temple built by Agrippa in Rome in 27 , and rebuilt in the 2d cent. by Hadrian: used since 609 as a Christian Church
  3. all the gods of a people
  4. a building in which famous dead persons of a nation are entombed or commemorated, as the church of Sainte-Geneviève in Paris

Etymology: ME Panteon < L < Gr pantheion < pan, all (see pan-) + theos, a god: see theo-

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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