Pantheon: Meaning and Definition of

Pan•the•on

Pronunciation: (pan'thē-on", -un or, esp. Brit., pan-thē'un), [key]
— 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.

Pan•thé•on

Pronunciation: (pän-tā-ôn'), [key]
— n.
  1. a national monument in Paris, France, used as a sepulcher for eminent French persons, begun in 1764 by Soufflot as the church of Ste. Geneviève and secularized in 1885. Also called
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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