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Pythiad

American

[pith-ee-ad] / ˈpɪθ iˌæd /

noun

the four-year period between two celebrations of the Pythian Games.

Etymology

Origin of Pythiad

1835–45; < Greek Pȳthiad- (stem of Pȳthiás )

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