English edit

Etymology edit

From pantheonize +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌpanθɪənʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/

Noun edit

pantheonization (countable and uncountable, plural pantheonizations)

  1. Admission into a pantheon; specifically, interment in the Pantheon in Paris.
    • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 530:
      Stately ceremonies accompanied a series of ‘pantheonizations’, many of them staged by the artist David, pageant-master extraordinaire to the Revolution, starting with Voltaire in July 1791 []