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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Parnassus

/pärˌ-năs'-əs/ · Par·nas·sus · IPA /pˌɑrnˈæsəs/
01 n. A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring.
  1. 1.
    A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring.(Anc. Geog. & Gr. Myth.)
Phrases & compounds
Grass of Parnassus — See under Grass, and Parnassia.
To climb Parnassus — to write poetry.