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lampadedromy
lampadedromy Gr. Antiq. (ˌlæmpəˈdɛdrəmɪ) [ad. Gr. λαµπαδηδροµία, f. λαµπαδ-, λαµπάς torch + -δροµία running.] A torch-race; a race (on foot or horseback) in which a lighted torch was passed from hand to hand.1848 Craig has the incorrect form Lampadrome. So in many later Dicts. 1889 Century Dict., La...
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lampadophoria
‖ lampadephoria, lampadophoria Gr. Antiq. (ˌlæmpədiː-, ˌlæmpədəʊˈfɒrɪə) [a. Gr. λαµπαδηϕορία, λαµπαδοϕοία, f. as prec.] = lampadedromy.1848 Craig, Lampadephoria. 1850 J. Leitch tr. C. O. Müller's Anc. Art §423 (ed. 2) 608 On a vase found at Kertsch..the beginning of a lampadophoria.
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torch
▪ I. torch, n. (tɔːtʃ) Forms: 3–6 torche, (4 torge, thorche, 5 tourche, 6 tortche, towrge, pl. torchesse), 6– torch. [ME. a. OF. torche = Pr. torcha, according to Diez:—late pop. L. *torca, from stem *tork- of torquēre to twist; cf. also It. torcia (Veronese, and Venetian torzo), Sp. antorcha, earli...
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lamp
▪ I. lamp, n.1 (læmp) Forms: 2–7 lampe, 3–6 laumpe, (4 lompe, 5 lawmp(e), 4– lamp. [ad. F. lampe (recorded from 12th c.) = Pr. and It. lampa, ad. L. lampas, Gr. λαµπάς, f. λάµπειν to shine.] 1. a. A vessel containing oil, which is burnt at a wick, for the purpose of illumination. Now also a vessel o...
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