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Webster 1913 Edition


Monomachy

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Monˊo-ma′chi-a

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Mo-nom′a-chy

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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

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Noun.
[Gr. sole, and combat.] A duel; a single combat.

Definition 2024


monomachy

monomachy

English

Noun

monomachy (plural monomachies)

  1. (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 []