Look up: athenaeum

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   athenaeum
   [n] - a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning 2. [n] - a place where reading materials are available
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   athenaeum
   Origin: L. Athenaemum, Gr. A temple of Minerva at Athens, fr, contr. Fr, in Homer, Athene (called Minerva by the Romans), the tutelary goddess of Athens. ... 1 A temple of Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works and instruct students. ... 2. A school founded at Rome by Hadrian. ... 3. A literary or scientific ...
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   athenaeum
   atheneum noun a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning
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   athenaeum
   atheneum noun a place where reading materials are available
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   Athenaeum
   `Athenaeum`, also `Athenæum` or `Atheneum`, is used in the names of institutions or periodicals for literary, scientific, or artistic study. It may also be used in the names of educational institutions. The name is formed from the name of the classical Greek goddess Athena (the goddess of wisdom) in the same way that museum is formed from muse (the goddesses of culture). Some well-known examples include: *`Athenaeum`, the founding literary jour...
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   Athenaeum
   • (n.) A school founded at Rome by Hadrian. • (n.) A literary or scientific association or club. • (n.) A building or an apartment where a library, periodicals, and newspapers are kept for use. • (n.) A temple of Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works and instruct students.Athenaeum: w...
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   Athenaeum
   (from the article `publishing, history of`) ...than any of them, was the Westminster Review (1824–1914), started by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill as an organ of the philosophical radicals. Two ... ...a certain resistance to advertising in magazines, in keeping with their literary affinities. When the advertisement tax in Britain wa...
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