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1 palestra -- rank: 1000

palestra definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a public ... devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes [syn: palestra, palaestra] Oxford Reference Dictionary var. of PALAESTRA. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Palestra Pa*les"tra, n.; pl. L. Palestr[ae], E. Palestras ...

2 PALAESTRA, PALESTRA -- rank: 966

PALAESTRA, PALESTRA definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia pa-les'-tra. See GAMES ...

3 palaestra -- rank: 535

... devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes [syn: palestra, palaestra] Merriam Webster's noun (plural palaestrae) Etymology: Middle English ... sports (as wrestling) 2. gymnasium Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (also palestra) Gk & Rom. Antiq. a wrestling-school or gymnasium. Etymology: ME ... 1913 Dictionary Palaestra Pa*l[ae]s"tra, n. See Palestra. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Palestra Pa*les"tra, n.; pl. L. Palestr[ae], E. Palestras ...

4 Palestrae -- rank: 230

Palestrae definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Palestra Pa*les"tra, n.; pl. L. Palestr[ae], E. Palestras ...

5 Palestrical -- rank: 230

... al, a. [L. palaestricus, Gr. ?] Of or pertaining to the palestra, or to wrestling.

6 Palestric -- rank: 230

... al, a. [L. palaestricus, Gr. ?] Of or pertaining to the palestra, or to wrestling.

7 Palestras -- rank: 230

Palestras definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Palestra Pa*les"tra, n.; pl. L. Palestr[ae], E. Palestras ...

8 Palestrian -- rank: 230

... al, a. [L. palaestricus, Gr. ?] Of or pertaining to the palestra, or to wrestling.

9 Conistra -- rank: 230

... Gr. ?, fr. ? dust.] (Greek Antiq.) Originally, a part of the palestra, or gymnasium among the Greeks; either the place where sand ...

10 Apodyterium -- rank: 230

... apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room.