pantheon
pronunciation
How to pronounce pantheon in British English:
UK [ˈpænθiən]
How to pronounce pantheon in American English:
US [ˈpænθiɑn]
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- Noun:
- all the gods of a religion
- a monument commemorating a nation's dead heroes
- (antiquity) a temple to all the gods
Word Origin
- pantheon (n.)
- 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 theo-). Sense of any group of exalted persons is first found 1590s.
Example
- 1. There 's also the original , rome 's pantheon .
- 2. Churchill , after all , was already an iconic , if controversial , figure when he took office , and has long since taken his place in history 's pantheon .
- 3. Using various decryption tools we can identify these three coded phrases : popes pantheon all great truths begin as blasphemies
- 4. It remains to be seen whether mr. liu will enter the pantheon of legendary china internet memes .
- 5. So , an ipad mini would not be incongruent in the greater historical pantheon of apple devices , especially considering apple 's notebook offerings seem to be getting ever smaller and slimmer , too .