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Synonyms for pantheon

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pan-thee-on, -uh n or, esp. British, pan-thee-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæn θiˌɒn, -ən or, esp. British, pænˈθi ən

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Définition of pantheon

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Pantheon, name of a temple for all the gods built in Rome c.25 B.C.E. by Agrippa (since 609 C.E. made into the Christian church of Santa Maria Rotonda), from Greek Pantheion (hieron) "(shrine) of all the gods," from pantheion, neuter of pantheios, from pan- "all" (see pan-) + theios "of or for the gods," from theos "god" (see Thea). Sense of any group of exalted persons is first found 1590s.
  • As in temple : noun house of worship
Example sentences :
  • One of these was the Pantheon, a temple which was afterward a Christian church.
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
  • The legitimate Gods in his Pantheon are always in the wrong.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • The Pantheon is the finest example of a domed hall which we have left.
  • Extract from : « Architecture » by Thomas Roger Smith
  • It would be just like the Pantheon, he thought, to pull a lousy trick like that.
  • Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • The pantheon of the north, as we have seen, was derived from the south.
  • Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
  • Bunene,in Nabubaliddin's pantheon, 162;in proper names of the 2d Bab.
  • Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
  • Pantheon, divisions and development, 48-50;sources, 51;comparison betw.
  • Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
  • The Hindu has a pantheon to which he can, with some show of consistency, invite Christ.
  • Extract from : « A Tour of the Missions » by Augustus Hopkins Strong
  • Beauty was Gautier's only idol; Mérimée had more of a pantheon.
  • Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 » by George Saintsbury
  • I worship in the "Pantheon;" all are alike to me, of course.
  • Extract from : « Public School Education » by Michael Mller
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