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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PANTHE'ON, n. [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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English Panteon, a temple at Rome, from Latin Pantheon, from Greek pantheion temple of all the gods, from neuter of pantheios of all gods, from pan- + theos god Date: 14th century 1. a temple dedicated to all the gods 2. a building serving as the burial place of or containing memorials to the famous dead of a nation 3. the gods of a people; especially the officially recognized gods 4. a group of illustrious or notable persons or things

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a building in which illustrious dead are buried or have memorials. 2 the deities of a people collectively. 3 a temple dedicated to all the gods, esp. the circular one at Rome. Etymology: ME f. L f. Gk pantheion (as PAN-, theion holy f. theos god)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pantheon Pan*the"on, n. [L. pantheon, pantheum, Gr. ? (sc. ?), fr. ? of all gods; ?, ?, all + ? 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. 2. The collective gods of a people, or a work treating of them; as, a divinity of the Greek pantheon.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(pantheons) You can refer to a group of gods or a group of important people as a pantheon. (WRITTEN) ...the birthplace of Krishna, another god of the Hindu pantheon. N-COUNT: oft N of n