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Definition of Olympic games
1. Noun. The modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country.
Generic synonyms: Athletic Competition, Athletic Contest, Athletics
Specialized synonyms: Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics
2. Noun. The ancient Panhellenic celebration at Olympia in honor of Zeus; held every 4 years beginning in 776 BC.
Definition of Olympic games
1. Proper noun. (context: historical Ancient Greece) A sporting festival held every four or five years on the Plain of Olympia in southern Greece, in honour of Zeus. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
2. Proper noun. An international multi-sport event (inspired by the ancient festival) taking place every fourth year. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Olympic Games
Literary usage of Olympic games
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1908)
"The organizers of the olympic games in London are all unpaid, and any profits
will go to meet the expenditure of the permanent ..."
2. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"la Uttr times, the number of Alexandrian conqueror» in the great olympic games
was greater ttia from anv other state. Aegae in Macedonia. ..."
3. The Twentieth Century by Caroline Farrar Ware (1908)
"olympic games WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AND WHAT REMAINS TO BE DONE PEOPLE have been
... The Greek olympic games were the outward symbol of this racial loyalty and ..."
4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1908)
"Why I revived the olympic games. P. de done. JA Cooper. 19th Cent. ... Chicago men
at the olympic games. NA the last olympiad. AE Kennelly. 11. Pop. ..."
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