(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:16:41

Mon`o*ma"chi*a (?), Mo*nom"a*chy (?), n. [L. monomachia, Gr. , fr. fighting in single combat; single, alone + to fight.]

A duel; single combat.

"The duello or monomachia."

Sir W. Scott.

 

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