Pantheon \Pan*the"on\, n. [L. pantheon, pantheum, Gr. pa`nqeion
(sc. 'iero`n), fr. pa`nqeios of all gods; pa^s, pa^n, all +
qe`os a god: cf. F. panth['e]on. See Pan-, and Theism.]
1. A temple dedicated to all the gods; especially, the
building so called at Rome.
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2. The collective gods of a people, or a work treating of
them; as, a divinity of the Greek pantheon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pantheon
n 1: all the gods of a religion
2: a monument commemorating a nation's dead heroes
3: (antiquity) a temple to all the gods
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