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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The chief temple of the goddess Athena built on the acropolis at Athens between 447 and 432 BC and considered a supreme example of Doric architecture.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The Doric temple of Athene, under the appellation of Parthenos, the Virgin, on the Acropolis of Athens; the ceremonial or official temple of the Athenians in their quality as rulers of the empire of their colonies and allies.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun A celebrated marble temple of Athena, on the Acropolis at Athens. It was of the pure Doric order, and has had an important influence on art.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun An ancient temple to Athena and monument in the city of Athens. It is a symbol of Greek achievement in the arts and of Athenian democracy.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the main temple of the goddess Athena; built on the acropolis in Athens more than 400 years B.C.; example of Doric architecture

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin Parthenōn, from Greek, from parthenos, virgin.]

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From Ancient Greek Παρθενών (Parthenōn). More information: see there.

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