Difference between revisions of "Olympiad"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_150153" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_150153" /> == | ||
<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> | <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" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77455" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 18:48, 15 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.
