coliseum
[kol-i-see-uh m]
- Also colosseum. an amphitheater, stadium, large theater, or other special building for public meetings, sporting events, exhibitions, etc.
- (initial capital letter) Colosseum.
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Origin of coliseum
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Contemporary Examples
As the Roman emperors knew during the staging of the gladiator games at the Coliseum, so FIFA knows now: The mob must be appeased.
An alert is in place after shots were fired near the Coliseum parking lot.
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“She may never climb out of this coliseum,” he tells The Daily Beast.
Gotham Book Mart closed in 2006; Coliseum Books met a similar fate in 2007.
Historical Examples
You have called a meeting in the Coliseum to protest against the bread-tax.
The Eternal CityHall Caine
The Coliseum, which we meet first, on our right, was bristling with churches.
Pagan and Christian RomeRodolfo Lanciani
Look at what Turner will do when his cue is masonry,—in the Coliseum.
Lectures on LandscapeJohn Ruskin
None of them spoke until they had reached a safe distance from the Coliseum.
The Martyr of the CatacombsAnonymous
His shelter was the Coliseum or the doorways or desert places of Rome.
coliseum
colosseum
- a large building, such as a stadium or theatre, used for entertainments, sports, etc
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Word Origin
C18: from Medieval Latin Colisseum, variant of Colosseum
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Word Origin and History for coliseum
n.
"music hall," c.1710, Modern Latin variant of Latin colosseum, amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome (see Colosseum).
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