Pan*de"an, a. [From 4th Pan.] Of or relating to the god Pan.
Pandean pipes, a primitive wind instrument, consisting of a series of
short hollow reeds or pipes, graduated in length by the musical scale,
and fastened together side by side; a syrinx; a mouth organ; -- said to
have been invented by Pan. Called also Pan's pipes and Panpipes.
Pan"dect (?), n. [L. pandecta, pandectes, Gr. &?; all-receiving,
all-containing; &?;, &?;, all + &?; to receive: cf. F. pandectes, pl.]
1. A treatise which comprehends the whole of any science.
[Thou] a pandect mak'st, and universal book.
Donne.
2. pl. The digest, or abridgment, in fifty books, of the decisions,
writings, and opinions of the old Roman jurists, made in the sixth
century by direction of the emperor Justinian, and forming the leading
compilation of the Roman civil law. Kent.
Pan*dem"ic (?), a. [L. pandemus, Gr. &?;, &?;; &?;, &?;, all + &?; the
people: cf. F. pandÈmique.] Affecting a whole people or a number of
countries; everywhere epidemic. -- n. A pandemic disease. Harvey.
Pan`de*mo"ni*um (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?;, &?;, all + &?; a demon.] 1.
The great hall or council chamber of demons or evil spirits. Milton.