palaestra
Americannoun
plural
palaestras, palaestraenoun
Etymology
Origin of palaestra
C16: via Latin from Greek palaistra, from palaiein to wrestle
Example Sentences
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Provincial towns such as Bath had their thermae, heated bathing complexes with splendid indoor pools and an attached palaestra for exercising in the revered Greek style.
From Slate • Jul. 24, 2012
And at that moment all the people in the palaestra crowded about us, and, O rare!
From Charmides by Jowett, Benjamin
They then devoted their lives to attaining excellence in these exercises, and withdrew to the palaestra, or training-school.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 by Various
His impassioned eloquence brought the sun-bathed palaestra before one with a magic of representment.
From Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1 by Harris, Frank
The old exercises of the palaestra were continued, but running, wrestling, and boxing were much emphasized.
From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson
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