athenaeum
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- noun
- /ˌæθəˈniːəm/
:
ateneo
- As a member of the athenaeum, he enjoyed access to a vast collection of scholarly journals.
- Athenaeum portrait
- Athenaeum type
Examples
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We're doing a survey for the Athenaeum Society.
Fiction book (1992) -
l'll take you to lunch at the Athenaeum.
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Fry had visited the exhibition with Virginia Woolf on April 15 of that year, and his review appeared in the Athenaeum the following day.
Academic text (2003) -
The reviewer in The Athenaeum in July was both confused about the order of Thoreau's names and suspicious of his ideas.
Academic text (1999) -
They met most frequently at the Athenaeum, the major London club for intellectuals (both Darwin and Huxley belonged as well).
Academic text (1995) -
At the Athenaeum Club, a well-known military man—then a captain but now a general—drew my attention to a telegram containing this news and read it to me in a manner implying the belief that I should share his anxiety.
Blog text (9) -
The local athenaeum hosts weekly meetings to discuss literature and promote the arts.
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She joined the athenaeum to connect with other enthusiasts of science and literature.
Synonyms
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An organization that supports work in science, art, or literature
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An official group in ancient Rome that supported its members
How Scholarly
- Literature
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870
1.0
109
3.3
1
9.9
32
2.8
52
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Athenaeum comes from the Greek name Athena, the goddess of 'wisdom', and was first used for clubs or schools for learning in Athens. So an athenaeum is a group or association where people meet to study and enjoy literature and science.