Usually means: Library dedicated to learning, culture.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. athenaeum: Merriam-Webster
  2. Athenaeum: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. athenaeum: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. athenaeum: Collins English Dictionary
  5. athenaeum: Vocabulary.com
  6. Athenaeum: Wordnik
  7. Athenaeum, athenaeum: Wiktionary
  8. Athenaeum: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. athenaeum (atheneum): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. athenaeum: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. athenaeum: Dictionary.com
  12. Athenaeum: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Athenaeum (British magazine), Athenaeum (German magazine), Athenaeum (Tennessee), Athenaeum (ancient Rome), Athenaeum (band), Athenaeum (disambiguation), Athenaeum, The Athenaeum (British magazine): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Athenaeum: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. athenaeum: Rhymezone
  16. Athenaeum: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. athenaeum: FreeDictionary.org
  18. athenaeum: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. athenaeum: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. The Athenaeum, athenaeum: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. athenaeum: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology (No longer online)

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. athenaeum, athenaeum: A Word A Day
  2. athenaeum: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Athenaeum)

noun:  An association or institution for the advancement of learning, particularly in science or literature.
noun:  The reading room or library of such an association; (by extension) any reading room or library.
noun:  A literary or scientific periodical, especially one similar to the London Athenaeum.
noun:  (Ancient Greece) A temple primarily dedicated to Athena or her Roman equivalent Minerva, especially that of Athens.
noun:  Alternative form of Athenaeum: a temple primarily dedicated to Athena or her Roman equivalent Minerva. [(Ancient Greece) A temple primarily dedicated to Athena or her Roman equivalent Minerva, especially that of Athens.]
noun:  Alternative form of athenaeum: a literary or scientific club, especially that of Boston. [An association or institution for the advancement of learning, particularly in science or literature.]
noun:  Alternative form of athenaeum: the reading room or library of such clubs, especially the London Athenaeum Club. [An association or institution for the advancement of learning, particularly in science or literature.]
noun:  Alternative form of athenaeum: a literary or scientific periodical, especially the London Athenaeum. [An association or institution for the advancement of learning, particularly in science or literature.]

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