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Olympiad

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(1):

(n.) The quadrennial celebration of the modern Olympic games; as, the first Olympiad (1906).

(2):

(n.) A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Cor/bus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Olympiad'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​o/olympiad.html. 1828.
 
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