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Arena

noun

(pl. E. arenas; L. arenae)

A particular environment or walk of life. Synonyms: area, domain, field, orbit, sphere. "It was a closed area of employment" , "He's out of my orbit"

The central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held; especially an area that was strewn with sand.

A large structure for open-air sports or entertainments. Synonyms: bowl, sports stadium, stadium.

A playing field where sports events take place. Synonym: scene of action.

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... woman's favouritism. He was, in a word, too good a soldier to be a good courtier; and politics represented for him, as they do for most wise men, an after-breakfast interest, and an edifying study of the careers of a certain number of persons who mean to make themselves a name in the easiest arena that is ...

— The Isle of Unrest • Henry Seton Merriman

... The freshman, though not much of a lover of fighting, had made some study of the art. Moreover, Dick had a dogged coolness that went far in the arena. ...

— The High School Freshmen - Dick & Co.'s First Year Pranks and Sports • H. Irving Hancock

... held on Sundays and holidays, and last the greater part of the day. On the day set for these fights, the birds are taken to the arena, descriptions given and amounts wagered. One fight follows another, and large sums of money are lost ...

— A Little Journey to Puerto Rico - For Intermediate and Upper Grades • Marian M. George

... directed his attention to medicine, that science which is based upon an abundant provision of facts, but in which good sense and a kind of divination play a still wider part, there is no doubt that he would have been capable of becoming a shining light in this new arena. ...

— Fabre, Poet of Science • Dr. G.V. (C.V.) Legros

... Book III, v, 1), Grecian athletes wore protective charms in the arena, to counterbalance the magical devices of their opponents. It is probable that the ethics of modern athletic contests would not countenance such expedients. But so implicit was the confidence of the Roman citizen in his amulet, that a failure to avert sickness or ...

— Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery • Robert Means Lawrence

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