† gladiatoryadj.n.
Obsolete.
A. adj.
= gladiatorial adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > gladiatorial combat > [adjective]
gladiatory1602
gladiatorian1710
gladiatorial1754
1602 W. Segar Honor Mil. & Civill iv. iii. 213 The first vse of wearing Crownes was in Tragedies and gladiatory combats.
1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 82 In the gladiatory art so superlatively expert and dextrous.
1716 M. Davies Crit. Hist. 7 in Athenæ Britannicæ III The Gladiatory Tribe of the Independants.
1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 3 Gladiatory combats..were long in Use at Rome.
B. n.
Gladiatorial art or practice. In quot. 1653 figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > [noun] > showing skill or spirit
sword-playing14..
gladiatory1653
parrya1734
sword-play1847
fence-play1878
swordsmanship1886
1653 W. Denny Pelecanicidium iii. 223 How comes..such a Gladiatory in the Schools..such Challenges of the Pen, such Animosities in Discourse?
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