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olympiad

/oʊ'lɪmpi,æd/

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noun
the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country
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olympic games olympics

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athletic competition athletic contest athletics
noun
one of the four-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC
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period period of time time period

Definition that contains olympiad

pythian games the ancient Panhellenic celebration at Delphi held every four years in the third year of the Olympiad in honor of Apollo
isthmian games the ancient Panhellenic games held biennially on the Isthmus of Corinth in the first and third years of each Olympiad
nemean games the ancient Panhellenic games held biennially at Nemea in the second and fourth years of each Olympiad