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Definitions for athenaeum
ˌæθ əˈni əm, -ˈneɪ-athenaeum

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. athenaeum, atheneumnoun

    a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning

  2. athenaeum, atheneumnoun

    a place where reading materials are available

Wiktionary

  1. athenaeumnoun

    An association for the advancement of learning, particularly in the fields of science or literature.

  2. athenaeumnoun

    A building for storing books or newspapers; a library, reading-room etc.

  3. Etymology: From Athenaeum, from Ἀθηναῖον, from Ἀθήνη.

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  1. athenaeum

    An Athenaeum is an institution, such as a school, library, or literary club, which promotes learning and culture through literary events or providing educational resources. It is a place dedicated to the study, advancement, and promotion of scientific and literary knowledge. The term is derived from Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Athenaeumnoun

    a temple of Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works and instruct students

  2. Athenaeumnoun

    a school founded at Rome by Hadrian

  3. Athenaeumnoun

    a literary or scientific association or club

  4. Athenaeumnoun

    a building or an apartment where a library, periodicals, and newspapers are kept for use

  5. Etymology: [L. Athenaeum, Gr. 'Aqhnai`on 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.]

Wikidata

  1. Athenaeum

    The Athenaeum was a literary magazine published in London from 1828 to 1921. It had a reputation for publishing the very best writers of the age. Launched in 1828 by James Silk Buckingham, it was sold within a few weeks to Frederick Maurice and John Sterling, who failed to make it profitable. In 1829, Charles Wentworth Dilke became part proprietor and editor; he greatly extended the influence of the magazine. In 1846, he resigned the editorship and assumed that of the Daily News but contributed a series of notable articles to Athenaeum. In 1846, Thomas Kibble Hervey, poet and critic, became editor until his resignation due to ill health in 1853. George Darley was a staff critic in the early years, and Gerald Massey contributed many literary reviews - mainly on poetry - during the period 1858-1868. Theodore Watts-Dunton contributed regularly as the principal critic of poetry from 1875 until 1898. Frederic George Stephens was art editor from 1851 until 1901, when he was replaced by Roger Fry because of his unfashionable hatred of Impressionism. Arthur Symons joined the staff in 1891. In the 19th century, it received contributions from Lord Kelvin. In the early 20th century, its contributors included Max Beerbohm, Edmund Blunden, T. S. Eliot, Robert Graves, Thomas Hardy, Aldous Huxley, Edith Sitwell, Julian Huxley, Katherine Mansfield, and Virginia Woolf.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of athenaeum in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of athenaeum in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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