Difference between revisions of "Olympiad"
From BiblePortal Wikipedia
(Created page with "Olympiad <ref name="term_53548" /> <p> (See Era). </p> ==References == <references> <ref name="term_53548"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-t...") |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_150153" /> == | |||
<p> ( | <p> (1): (n.) The quadrennial celebration of the modern Olympic games; as, the first [[Olympiad]] (1906). </p> <p> (2): (n.) A period of four years, by which the ancient [[Greeks]] reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Cor/bus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77455" /> == | |||
<p> A name given to the period of four years between one celebration of the Olympic [[Games]] and another, the first recorded dating from July 776 B.C. </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name=" | |||
<ref name="term_150153"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/olympiad Olympiad from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_77455"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/olympiad Olympiad from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
</references> | </references> | ||
Revision as of 14:02, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) The quadrennial celebration of the modern Olympic games; as, the first Olympiad (1906).
(2): (n.) A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Cor/bus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A name given to the period of four years between one celebration of the Olympic Games and another, the first recorded dating from July 776 B.C.
