pantheon

A circular temple in Rome, completed around AD 125 and dedicated to all the gods.

A temple dedicated to all gods.

All the gods of a people considered as a group.

A public building commemorating and dedicated to the heroes of a nation.

A group of persons most highly regarded for contributions to a field or endeavor.

A temple or shrine dedicated to all the gods.

All the divinities, collectively, worshiped by a people: as, one of the divinities of the Greek pantheon.

[capitalized] A work treating of the whole body of divinities of a people: as, Tooke’s “Pantheon.”

[capitalized] A memorial structure in honor of the great men of a people, or filling some such purpose; especially, such a building serving as a mausoleum, as the Pantheon (church of Ste. Geneviève) in Paris. Westminster Abbey is often called the Panthcon of the British.

A temple dedicated to all the gods; especially, the building so called at Rome.