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pan·theon (pan′t̸hē än′, -ən; also, chiefly Brit, pan t̸hē′ən)
noun
- a temple for all the gods
- a temple built by Agrippa in Rome in 27 , and rebuilt in the 2d cent. by Hadrian: used since 609 as a Christian Church
- all the gods of a people
- 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-
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