Athenaeum
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /aθɪˈniːəm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Athenaeum is a noun meaning An association or institution for the advancement of learning, particularly in science or literature.
Meaning
An association or institution for the advancement of learning, particularly in science or literature.
More Meanings
- The reading room or library of such an association; (by extension) any reading room or library.
- A literary or scientific periodical, especially one similar to the London Athenaeum.
- Alternative form of Athenaeum: a temple primarily dedicated to Athena or her Roman equivalent Minerva.
Example Sentences
A panel of architects who might loosely be described as the local athenaeum of their profession are awaiting, anxiously, the next edition of the bimonthly journal that bears their names.
And this, too, may have been not unconnected with the gracious influence of the other sex as exhibited in a neighbouring athenaeum; and was accompanied by a gruesome spate of florid lyrics: some (happily) secret, and some exposed with needless hardihood in a college magazine.
Word Forms
- athenaeums
- athenaea
- atheneum
Synonyms for athenaeum
Depending on context, synonyms include atheneum.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include atheneum, academe, lyceum, ephebeion, academy, collegium.
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