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Webster 1913 Edition
Monomachy
{ ‖
Monˊo-ma′chi-a
,Mo-nom′a-chy
, }Noun.
[L.
monomachia
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] fighting in single combat; μόνοσ
single, alone + [GREEK] to fight.] A duel; single combat.
“The duello or monomachia.” Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Monomachy
MONOM'ACHY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
monomachy
monomachy
English
Noun
monomachy (plural monomachies)
- (now rare) A fight or other contest between two people or forces; a duel; single combat. [from 16th c.]
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.1.3:
- He that shall observe […] so much emulation, envy, so many brawls, quarrels, monomachies, etc., may well require what is become of charity?
- 1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian, Collins, 1998, Chapter 13,
- Wherefore we most heartily provoke, challenge, and defy your Lordship to the said combat and monomachy […]
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.1.3: