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- noun (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.
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The torch of Genius burned brightly, as, buoyant and eager, she took her place in the great lampadrome of life; but would it endure till the end?
Macaria; or, Altars of Sacrifice Augusta Jane 1864
hernesheir commented on the word lampadrome
(n); Race in ancient Greece run by young men with torches in their hands. Whoever crossed the finish first with unextinguished torch won the prize.
December 31, 2008
qms commented on the word lampadrome
See lights in the Levantine gloam
As linkboys scamper for home.
The torches glow bright
In encroaching night
At the end of a long lampadrome.
Also see comments at lampadedromy.
July 21, 2016