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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_88384" /> == | |||
<p> (1): </p> <p> (n.) The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; - so called because it was covered with sand. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (n.) Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life. </p> <p> (3): </p> <p> (n.) "Sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_20948" /> == | |||
<p> (Lat.), the floor of an amphitheatre, a wooden floor covered with sand for the athletes to wrestle upon; sometimes applied to the amphitheatre itself; often confounded with the area or open space,- and in that sense applied also to the body of a church. </p> | <p> (Lat.), the floor of an amphitheatre, a wooden floor covered with sand for the athletes to wrestle upon; sometimes applied to the amphitheatre itself; often confounded with the area or open space,- and in that sense applied also to the body of a church. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_88384"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/arena Arena from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_20948"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/arena Arena from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_20948"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/arena Arena from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 20:44, 11 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1):
(n.) The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; - so called because it was covered with sand.
(2):
(n.) Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life.
(3):
(n.) "Sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(Lat.), the floor of an amphitheatre, a wooden floor covered with sand for the athletes to wrestle upon; sometimes applied to the amphitheatre itself; often confounded with the area or open space,- and in that sense applied also to the body of a church.
