pantheon

[ UK /pˈɑːnθɪən/ ]
[ US /ˈpænθiˌɑn/ ]
NOUN
  1. (antiquity) a temple to all the gods
  2. a monument commemorating a nation's dead heroes
  3. all the gods of a religion
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How To Use pantheon In A Sentence

  • Don't you agree that Malcolm X definitely has a place in the pantheon of black civil rights heroes?
  • Shiva, for instance, was a Dravidian tribal god, very much a folk deity, until theologised and worked into the larger Hindu pantheon.
  • They adopted a synergetic approach, assimilating native deities with gods or goddesses from their own pantheon.
  • In the centrally focused pantheon of the original bank building, the round dome was supported by interior Ionic columns.
  • Despite the Cylons being redesigned, the story changed a little, and the complexity ramped up a thousandfold, the new Battlestar Galactica won legions of new fans for a franchise many thought long since dead, and through extras such as the spin-off project Razor (plus other forthcoming films) and the upcoming prequel series Caprica, the Battlestar Galactica story will continue to echo in the science fiction pantheon long after the series has ended. Galactica Original | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles
  • The sister and wife of Zeus the principal goddess of the Pantheon the pantroness primarily of marriage and the well-being of women the mother of Ares Hephaestus and Hebe.
  • This makes Hinduism unique in the sense that it is a monotheistic religion with a pantheon of manifested forms of God.
  • Pop stars, TV soap actors, footballers and celebrity chefs have taken the places of dukes and earls in our modern social pantheon, for better or worse.
  • If your pantheon is more complex, say you have two competing factions of deities, laid over an older, animist pattern, that tells you a lot about the social evolution of the society: maybe not-Buddhism came along and supplanted not-Shinto. MIND MELD: Gods by the Bushel
  • For his villain-in-chief, however, Garner repurposes a name filched from the Norse pantheon - originally, Nastrond signified the underworld Shore of Corpses, but in Garner's Alderley he is the unseen Great Spirit of Darkness, moving against the child protagonists by means of minions like the "svart alfar". Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
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