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1. ((often l.c.)) Olympiad
a period of four years reckoned from one celebration of the Olympic Games to the next, by which the Greeks computed time from 776 b .c .
2. Olympiad
a celebration of the modern Olympic Games.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L Olympias < Gk Olympiás. See Olympia , -ad1)
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1. (noun) Olympiad
one of the four-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC
2. (noun) Olympic Games, Olympics, Olympiad
the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. olympiad
a name given to the period of four years between one celebration of the Olympic Games and another, the first recorded dating from July 776 B.C.
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