PANTHEON


Meaning of PANTHEON in English

— pantheonic , adj.

/pan"thee on', -euhn/ or, esp. Brit., /pan thee"euhn/ , n.

1. a domed circular temple at Rome, erected A.D. 120-124 by Hadrian, used as a church since A.D. 609.

2. ( l.c. ) a public building containing tombs or memorials of the illustrious dead of a nation.

3. ( l.c. ) the place of the heroes or idols of any group, individual, movement, party, etc., or the heroes or idols themselves: to earn a place in the pantheon of American literature.

4. ( l.c. ) a temple dedicated to all the gods.

5. ( l.c. ) the gods of a particular mythology considered collectively.

[ 1375-1425; late ME panteon Pantheon Pántheion, n. use of neut. of pántheios of all gods, equiv. to pan- PAN- + the ( ós ) god + -ios adj. suffix ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .