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Webster 1913 Edition


Pantheon

Pan-the′on

,
Noun.
[L.
pantheon
,
pantheum
, Gr.
πάνθειον
(sc.
ἰερόν
), fr.
πάνθειοσ
of all gods;
πᾶς
,
πᾶν
, all +
θέοσ
a god: cf. F.
panthéon
. See
Pan-
, and
Theism
.]
1.
A temple dedicated to all the gods; especially, the building so called at Rome.
2.
The collective gods of a people, or a work treating of them;
as, a divinity of the Greek
pantheon
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pantheon

PANTHE'ON

,
Noun.
[Gr. all, and God.] A temple or magnificent edifice at Rome, dedicated to all the gods. It is now converted into a church. It was built or embellished by Agrippa, son-in-law to Augustus, is of a round or cylindrical form, with a spherical dome, and 144 feet in diameter.

Definition 2024


panthéon

panthéon

See also: pantheon and Pantheon

French

Noun

panthéon m (plural panthéons)

  1. pantheon