Dictionary  Pan•the•onPronunciation: (pan'thē-on", -un or, esp. Brit., pan-thē'un), [key] —n. 1. a domed circular temple at Rome, erected a.d.120–124 by Hadrian, used as a church since a.d.609. 2. (l.c.) a public building containing tombs or memorials of the illustrious dead of a nation. 3. (l.c.) the place of the heroes or idols of any group, individual, movement, party, etc., or the heroes or idols themselves: to earn a place in the pantheon of American literature. 4. (l.c.) a temple dedicated to all the gods. 5. (l.c.) the gods of a particular mythology considered collectively. Pan•thé•onPronunciation: (pän-tā-ôn'), [key] —n. a national monument in Paris, France, used as a sepulcher for eminent French persons, begun in 1764 by Soufflot as the church of Ste. Geneviève and secularized in 1885. Also called Panthéon' Fran•çais' Pronunciation: (frän-se'). [key] Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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