Dictionary

pantheon en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• -ən (General-American)
• /ˈpænθiən/ (General-American)
• păn′thē-ŏn′ (General-American)
• /ˈpænθiˌɑn/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /ˈpænθiən/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Pantheon (“a Roman temple to the gods later used as a church”), c. 1300.

Meanings

1. A temple dedicated to all the gods.
2. All the gods of a particular people or religion, particularly the ancient Greek gods residing on Olympus, considered as a group.
   • Every act of a Roman, from birth to death, from dawn to night, was controlled and supervised by some presiding deity. Man was thus virtually a symbolic puppet in the hands of the Roman pantheon. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 209:
3. (broadly) A category or classification denoting the most honored persons of a group.
   • Usain Bolt seals his place in the pantheon with stunning fifth gold 2012 September 8, Richard Williams, “Sports - Olypics - Usain Bolt”, in The Guardian:
   • Mahomes, Kelce, head coach Andy Reid and other key contributors to the Chiefs’ recent run can now put themselves alongside NFL legends in the pantheon of the sport’s greatest. 2024 February 12, Ben Morse and Steve Almasy, “Kansas City Chiefs defeat San Francisco 49ers in OT in Super Bowl LVIII, become first back-to-back NFL champions in 19 years”, in CNN.com:
   • One side depicts Dionysos, the Greek god of wine, and the hero Herakles on Mount Olympus; the reverse shows members of the Olympian pantheon, including Zeus, Athena, and Nike. 2026 July 9, Tessa Solomon, “New York Investigators Return 59 Looted Antiquities to Italy, Iraq, and Indonesia”, in ARTnews:

Forms

Deriveds

pantheonic · pantheonize

Synonyms

pantheum

Translations (34)

ru пантео́н (a temple dedicated to all the gods) · es panteón (a temple dedicated to all the gods) · es panteón (all the gods of a particular religion) · el πάνθεο (a category or classification denoting the most honored persons of a group) · fi pantheon (all the gods of a particular religion) · pl panteon (all the gods of a particular religion) · no panteon (a temple dedicated to all the gods) · fi jumalat (all the gods of a particular religion) · id masyarakat dewa (all the gods of a particular religion) · pt panteão (a temple dedicated to all the gods) · nn panteon (a temple dedicated to all the gods) · fi pantheon (a temple dedicated to all the gods) · de Pantheon (a temple dedicated to all the gods) · sl panteon (a temple dedicated to all the gods) · ro panteon (a temple dedicated to all the gods) · el πάνθεον (a category or classification denoting the most honored persons of a group) · acw بانثيون (a temple dedicated to all the gods) · fi jumalisto (all the gods of a particular religion) · fr panthéon (a temple dedicated to all the gods) · fa پانتئون (a temple dedicated to all the gods) · lt panteonas (a temple dedicated to all the gods) · pl panteon (a category or classification denoting the most honored persons of a group) · fi parhaimmisto (a category or classification denoting the most honored persons of a group) · ar بَانْثِيُون (a temple dedicated to all the gods) · pl panteon (a temple dedicated to all the gods) · id panteon (all the gods of a particular religion) · ca panteó (a temple dedicated to all the gods) · ab апантео́н (a temple dedicated to all the gods) · el πάνθεο (all the gods of a particular religion) · el πάνθεο (a temple dedicated to all the gods) · pt panteão (all the gods of a particular religion) · el πάνθεον (all the gods of a particular religion) · sv panteon (a temple dedicated to all the gods) · el πάνθεον (a temple dedicated to all the gods)