palaestra

[ puh-les-truh ]

/ pəˈlɛs trə /

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noun, plural pa·laes·tras, pa·laes·trae

[puh-les-tree]. /pəˈlɛs tri/.

Greek Antiquity. palestra.

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Words nearby palaestra

palaeontol., palaeontology, palaeopathology, Palaeozoic, palaeozoology, palaestra, Palagi, palais, palais de danse, palais glide, palampore

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How to use palaestra in a sentence

The priests deserted the Temple for the palaestra and the young nobles wore the Greek cap.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 4|Various
The building, he replied, is a newly erected Palaestra; and the entertainment is generally conversation, to which you are welcome.
Lysis|Plato
Here the place of meeting, which is also a palaestra, is quite forgotten, and the boys play a subordinate part.
Laches|Plato
Inside a palaestra, the peristyle ought to be laid out as described above.
Ten Books on Architecture|Vitruvius

The weakling never appeared in the Palaestra, which even the great Mark Antony did not disdain to visit.
Cleopatra, Complete|Georg Ebers

British Dictionary definitions for palaestra

palaestra

esp US palestra

/ (pəˈlɛstrə, -ˈliː-) /

noun plural -tras or -trae (-triː)

(in ancient Greece or Rome) a public place devoted to the training of athletes

Word Origin for palaestra

C16: via Latin from Greek palaistra, from palaiein to wrestle

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