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athenaeum::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | atheneum |
| Type of | depository library, library |
Examples of athenaeum
athenaeum
He and a friend bought the entire athenaeum library collection, intact, at auction for $3,350.
From the democratandchronicle.com
When William died in 1872, the athenaeum was bereft of its chief patron, and in a few years went bankrupt.
From the democratandchronicle.com
The event starts at 6 p.m. at the athenaeum.
From the boston.com
- A literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning
- A place where reading materials are available
- The Athenaeum was a school (ludus) founded by the Emperor Hadrian in Rome, for the promotion of literary and scientific studies (ingenuarum artium) and called Athenaeum from the town of Athens, which was still regarded as the seat of intellectual refinement. ...
- Athenaeum was an alternative pop rock four-piece band from Greensboro, North Carolina, USA formed in 1990 at an eighth grade dance by Nic Brown and Mark Kano.
- The Athenaeum of Ohio - Mount St. Mary's Seminary of the West, originally St. Francis Xavier Seminary, is the third-oldest Roman Catholic seminary in the United States and is currently located at 6616 Beechmont Avenue in the Cincinnati, Ohio neighborhood of Mt. ...
- The Athenaeum was a literary journal started in 1798 by August Wilhelm and Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel. It is considered to be the founding publication of German Romanticism.
- 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.
- The Athenaeum Rectory is a historic building in Columbia, Tennessee that features both Gothic and Moorish architectural elements. ...
