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atheneum

ˈæθənum
WordNet
Certificate for Wilhelm Huidekoper, student of the Atheneum Illustre in Amsterdam. With an image of the Amsterdam coat of arms.
Certificate for Wilhelm Huidekoper, student of the Atheneum Illustre in Amsterdam. With an image of the Amsterdam coat of arms.
  1. (n) atheneum
    a place where reading materials are available
  2. (n) atheneum
    a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Atheneum
    A building or an apartment where a library, periodicals, and newspapers are kept for use.
  2. Atheneum
    A literary or scientific association or club.
  3. Atheneum
    A school founded at Rome by Hadrian.
  4. Atheneum
    (Gr. Antiq) A temple of Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works and instruct students.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) atheneum
    See Athenœum.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Atheneum
    a temple of Athēna or Minerva at Athens, in which scholars and poets read their works: a public institution for lectures, reading, &c.
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary L. Athenaeum, Gr. 'Aqhn`aion a temple of Minerva at Athens, fr. 'Aqhna^, contr. fr. 'Aqhna`a 'Aqhnai`a, in Homer 'Aqh`nh 'Aqhnai`n, Athene (called Minerva by the Romans), the tutelary goddess of Athens

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Gr. Athēnaion—Athēna or Athēnē, the goddess Minerva.

Usage in the news

Two Outdoor Sculptures Reinstalled At Wadsworth Atheneum . courant.com

Ahmed Alsoudani At Wadsworth Atheneum . courant.com

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. nytimes.com

Professor Marvel at the Atheneum In the 1930's, Chick Austin was the most innovative museum director in America. nytimes.com

Bated Breath To Present "Toulouse-Lautrec Project" at Atheneum. courant.com

Sir Walter Ralegh by Robert Lacey Atheneum, 415 pp. nybooks.com

DETROIT — It was 10:15 pm on election night, and throughout the crowded lobby of the Atheneum Suite Hotel in Detroit's Greektown rang those familiar phrases. lansingcitypulse.com

Departures by Donald Justice Atheneum, 52 pp. nybooks.com

Bated Breath To Present " Toulouse-Lautrec Project" at Atheneum. courant.com

CONNetic Dance's Nutcracker Suite and Spicy at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford. hartfordadvocate.com

GFWC WIndsor Woman's Club — Wadsworth Atheneum Contribution . courant.com

Newington High School seniors and teachers decorate their Christmas tree in Avery Hall at the Wadsworth Atheneum on Monday morning. courant.com

Festival of Trees & Traditions @ Wadsworth Atheneum. cw20.trb.com

Simple French Food by Richard Olney Atheneum, 448 pp. nybooks.com

Feast Without Fuss by Lady Pamela Harlech Atheneum, 375 pp. nybooks.com

Usage in literature

Adverse criticism of P. & P. from an enraged idiot in the London Atheneum; 2. "The Letters Of Mark Twain, Volume 3, 1876-1885" by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Adverse criticism of P. & P. from an enraged idiot in the London Atheneum; 2. "The Letters Of Mark Twain, Complete" by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Just why this remote atheneum was sconce for Mr. Holliday's candle I do not hazard. "Mince Pie" by Christopher Darlington Morley

The Pitts mansion, a favorite place of meeting for the Boston patriots, occupied the ground now covered by the Howard Atheneum. "Tea Leaves" by Various

Atheneum, the, at Montevideo, Uruguay, 65-71. "Latin America and the United States" by Elihu Root

From a painting in possession of the Boston Atheneum. "The Loyalists of Massachusetts" by James H. Stark

TO older citizens the Wadsworth Atheneum has an especial and peculiar charm. "The Friendly Club and Other Portraits" by Francis Parsons