palestra

or pa·laes·tra

[ puh-les-truh ]

noun,plural pa·les·tras, pa·les·trae

[puh-les-tree]. /pəˈlɛs tri/. Greek Antiquity.

a public place for training or exercise in wrestling or athletics.

Origin of palestra

1375–1425; late Middle English palestre<Latin palaestra a wrestling school, place of exercise <Greek palaístra, equivalent to palais-, variant stem of palaíein to wrestle + -tra feminine noun suffix of place

Words Nearby palestra

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How to use palestra in a sentence

In counseling and rehabilitating their clients, La palestra staff advocate a more integrative understanding of how to heal.
The Pain Is Not the Problem: How to Fix America’s Health-Care Crisis | Elizabeth Bradley and Lauren Taylor, Elizabeth Bradley, Lauren Taylor | November 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
PTL (Italian, n.)—the Italian translation for gym (palestra), tanning (tintarella), and laundry (lavanderia).
‘Jersey Shore’ Guide to Italian | Jaimie Etkin | August 4, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
For many things there be, which we must conceit and apprehend, as though we had had to do with an antagonist at the palestra.
Meditations | Marcus Aurelius
This wasnt a lovers bower; it was only a palestra, or an observatory.
Nothing But the Truth | Frederic S. Isham
The Spartan maidens were required to exercise in the palestra, almost naked, in the presence of men and strangers.
The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint, Vol. II (of II) | Walter M. Chandler

But when we leave the child "free as a man" in the palestra of his own intelligence, his type changes entirely.
Spontaneous Activity in Education | Maria Montessori

British Dictionary definitions for palestra

palestra

/ (pəˈlɛstrə, -ˈliː-) /

nounplural -tras or -trae (-triː)

the usual US spelling of palaestra

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