Pantheon

  1. Proper noun.  The circular Roman temple dedicated to all the gods in 27 BC in Rome. Since the 7th century AD reconsecrated by christianity and dedicated to their single god.
  2. Noun.  a temple dedicated to all the gods.
  3. Noun.  (mythology) all the gods of a particular people or religion, particularly the ancient Greek gods residing on Olympus, considered as a group.
  4. Noun.  a category or classification denoting the most honored persons of a group.

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