OLYMPIAD
\əlˈɪmpɪˌad], \əlˈɪmpɪˌad], \ə_l_ˈɪ_m_p_ɪ__ˌa_d]\
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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.
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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.
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The quadrennial celebration of the modern Olympic games; as, the first (1906).
By Noah Webster.
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In ancient Greece, a period of four years, being the interval between the Olympic games, used in reckoning time (the date of the 1st Olympiad is 776 B.C.).
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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