a domed circular temple at Rome, erected a.d. 120?124 by Hadrian, used as a church since a.d. 609.

( lowercase ) a public building containing tombs or memorials of the illustrious dead of a nation.

( lowercase ) the place of the heroes or idols of any group, individual, movement, party, etc., or the heroes or idols themselves

to earn a place in the pantheon of American literature.

( lowercase ) a temple dedicated to all the gods.

( lowercase ) the gods of a particular mythology considered collectively.