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Lampadrome
Lam′pa-drome
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK], [GREEK], torch + [GREEK] course, race, fr. [GREEK] to run.]
(Gr. Antiq.)
A race run by young men with lighted torches in their hands. He who reached the goal first, with his torch unextinguished, gained the prize.