word | pantheon |
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definition | (1) A building serving as the burial place of or containing memorials to the famous dead of a nation. (2) A group of notable persons or things. |
eg_sentence | A Hall of Fame serves as a kind of pantheon for its field, and those admitted in the early years are often the greatest of all. |
explanation | Each of the important Roman gods and goddesses had many temples erected in their name. But in 27 B.C. a temple to all the gods together was completed in Rome; twice destroyed, it was ultimately replaced by a third temple around A.D. 126. This extraordinary domed structure is still one of the important sights of Rome, and the burial place for the painters Raphael and Carracci and two kings. In Paris, a great church was completed in 1789–90; named the Panthéon, it was announced as the future resting place of France's great figures, and the bodies of Victor Hugo, Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie, and many others now rest within its walls |
IPA | ˈpænθiˌɑn |
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