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[Pref. pan-, and English theology. A system of theology comprehending all religions and a knowledge of all deities; a complete system of theology or divinity. Păn-the-on, subst . [Lat., from Gr. pan the i on ( hieron ) = (a temple) of all gods, from pan the ios = common to all gods: pan =all, and theios =divine; theos =a god; Fr. panthéon.] 1. A famous temple at Rome, built by M. Agrippa, son-in-law of August us, about B. C. 27, and dedicated to Mars, and Jupiter the Avenger, in memory of the victory obtained by August us over Antony and Cleopatra. The Pantheon is now commonly called the Rotunda, from its circular form. It was IMG:content-0614.jpg:[graphic][merged small] "That of the panter and the net best scaped." Chaucer: Legend of Good Women. (Prol.) chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; given to Boniface IV. by the Emperor Phocas, A. D. 609, and dedicated as a Christian church to the dedicated it to all the saints. It is the finest specimen of a circular building not surrounded by columns. The external diameter is 188 feet, and the IMG:content-0615.png:[blocks in formation] 2. All the deities collectively worshiped by a nation; the divinities of a nation. 3. A treatise or discourse upon the collective body of deities of a nation. păn-ther, *pan-there, s. [Lat. panther a, from Gr. panther.] Zool .: A name given by the earlier zoologists to an Indian variety of the leopard. They are now recognized as forming a single species. "The spotted panther and the tusked bore." Spenser: F. Q., I. vi. 26. panther-toad, s. IMG:content-0616.png:[blocks in formation] "With raging swell alternate pantings rise." Brooke: Universal Beauty , bk. v. pănt-ing-ly, adv . [Eng. panting ; -ly.] In a panting manner; with pantings or gasps. "She heav'd the name of father Pantingly forth." Shakesp.: Lear , iv. 3. păn-ti-soc-ra-çỹ, subst . [Pref. pant- ; Gr. isos equal, and krateia - government.] 1. A utopian commonwealth imagined by Cole ridge, Southey, ., in their inexperienced youth, in which all should rule in an equal degree. 2. The principle upon which such a commonwealth was to be founded. păn-tis-o-crăt, s. [PANTISOCRACY.] The same as PANTISOCRATIST (q. v.). păn-ti-so-crăt-ic, a. [Eng. pantisocrat; -ic.] Of or pertaining to pantisocracy (q. v.).