• (n.) 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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Lam'pa·drome noun [ Greek ...; ..., ..., torch + ... course, race, from ... to run.]
(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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