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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Theater \The"a*ter\, Theatre \The"a*tre\, n. [F. th['e][^a]tre, L. theatrum Gr ?, fr ? to see view; cf Skr. dhy[=a] to meditate, think. Cf {Theory}.] 1. An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times roofed. 2. Any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances before an assembly, as public lectures, scholastic exercises, anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations, etc 3. That which resembles a theater in form use or the like a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a theater. --Burns. Shade above shade, a woody theater Of stateliest view. --Milton. 4. A sphere or scheme of operation. [Obs.] For if a man can be partaker of God's theater, he shall likewise be partaker of God's rest. --Bacon. 5. A place or region where great events are enacted; as the theater of war. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: theatre n 1: a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full" [syn: {theater}, {house}] 2: the art of writing and producing plays [syn: {dramaturgy}, {dramatic art}, {dramatics}, {theater}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Theatre only mentioned in Acts 19:29, 31. The ruins of this theatre at Ephesus still exist, and they show that it was a magnificent structure, capable of accommodating some 56,700 persons. It was the largest structure of the kind that ever existed. Theatres, as places of amusement, were unknown to the Jews.
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