pantheon

IPA: pˈænθiɑn

noun

  • A temple dedicated to all the gods.
  • (mythology) All the gods of a particular people or religion, particularly the ancient Greek gods residing on Olympus, considered as a group.
  • (by extension) A category or classification denoting the most honored persons of a group.
  • The circular Roman temple dedicated to all the gods in 27 BCE in Rome, rebuilt c. 125 CE and later consecrated as church.
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Examples of "pantheon" in Sentences

  • Protests over plan to bury President in Polish pantheon
  • Conversely, the other advantage to a pantheon is that it bestows distance when you are going into God territory.
  • Enterprise Conent Management still has a place in the acronym pantheon, but that place is an increasingly limited one ...
  • I wasn't expecting an upset, but back in my undergrad days, I would have guessed at least a 70-30 split — the pantheon is a harsh mistress.
  • If your pantheon is more complex, say you have two competing factions of deities, laid over an older, animist pattern, that tells you a lot about the social evolution of the society: maybe not-Buddhism came along and supplanted not-Shinto.

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