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PANTHEON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(antiquity) a temple to all the gods
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pantheon" is a kind of...):
temple (place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity)
Domain category:
antiquity (the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe)
Domain region:
Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)
capital of Italy; Eternal City; Italian capital; Roma; Rome (capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A monument commemorating a nation's dead heroes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pantheon" is a kind of...):
memorial; monument (a structure erected to commemorate persons or events)
Sense 3
Meaning:
All the gods of a religion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("pantheon" is a kind of...):
accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
Meronyms (members of "pantheon"):
deity; divinity; god; immortal (any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force)
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