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Definition of Tournaments

1. tournament [n] - See also: tournament

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tournaments

Literary usage of Tournaments

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chivalry by Francis Warre Cornish (1908)
"CHAPTER V tournaments Noble cavalry and plebeian infantry—tournaments a military training—In later times a mere pageant—Combats of champions—Pe'sonal ..."

2. The History of Chivalry Or Knighthood and Its Times. by Charles Mills (1825)
"tournaments AND JOUSTS. ... Sports Their Superiority to those of Greece and Rome Origin of tournaments Reasons for holding them Practice in Arms Courtesy By ..."

3. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction by Reuben Percy, John Timbs (1839)
"THE tournaments so long famous in Europe, and so often anathematized by the Church, ... The tournaments materially differed from all these games; ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1831)
"That this u ¡is a prevailing practice at tournaments, may be proved from the ... Thence it саше, that those knights, whose right to appear at tournaments ..."

5. The Play Movement and Its Significance by Henry Stoddard Curtis (1917)
"ORGANIZED tournaments In order to secure effective organization of play for the summer vacation, it seems to be almost necessary that tournaments should be ..."

6. The Tribune Book of Open-air Sports by Ottmar Mergenthaler, Henry Hall (1887)
"tournaments are held annually at Newport under the auspices of the National ... Dr. Dwight has been and is the moving spirit in the annual tournaments, ..."

7. Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages by Edward Lewes Cutts (1872)
"ON tournaments. j]HE romances, confirmed as they are by such documents as we have referred to in our last paper, may be taken as perfectly safe authorities ..."

8. Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages by Edward Lewes Cutts (1872)
"ON tournaments. |HE romances, confirmed as they are by such documents as we have referred to in our last paper, may be taken as perfectly safe authorities ..."

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