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odeon |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Odeon \O*de"on\, n. [NL., fr Gr ?, fr ?: cf.F. od['e]on. See {Ode}.] A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the dramatic theater and roofed over in which poets and musicians submitted their works to the approval of the public, and contended for prizes; -- hence in modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances.
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