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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpænθiən/
• (General American) enPR: păn′thē-ŏn′, -ən; IPA: /ˈpænθiˌɑn/, /ˈpænθiən/

名詞

pantheon (plural pantheons or (rare) panthea)

1. (religion) A temple dedicated to all the gods.

   Synonym: pantheum

2. (mythology) All the gods of a particular people or religion, particularly the ancient Greek gods residing on Olympus, considered as a group.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 209:

     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.

3. (by extension) A category or classification denoting the most honored persons of a group.
   • 2012 September 8, Richard Williams, “Sports - Olypics - Usain Bolt”, in The Guardian‎:

     Usain Bolt seals his place in the pantheon with stunning fifth gold

   • 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:

     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.

派生語

Further reading

• pantheon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “pantheon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “pantheon”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.