Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as pancratic.
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- adjective Of or relating to the
pancratium ;athletic .
Etymologies
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See pancratium.
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Examples
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Then Johnson, making the most of his little Greek, began to talk about a "pancratical" man, where we talk of an all-round athlete; and, a little later, "Pantheist" became a favourite missile with theologians who wished to abuse rival practitioners, but did not know exactly how to formulate their charge.
Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences George William Erskine Russell 1886
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