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noun

Arena n. (pl. E. arenas; L. arenae)

(Rom. Antiq.) The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; so called because it was covered with sand.

Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life.

(Med.) "Sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys.

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"Arena" Quotes from Famous Books

... will be conducted into the arena with the wild beasts of the Imperial Menagerie, and will suffer the consequences. The men, if of an age to bear arms, will be given weapons to defend themselves, if they choose, against the ...

— Androcles and the Lion • George Bernard Shaw

... be at MATTHEWS, waiting on Front Opposition Bench; MATTHEWS, earnestly desiring collision with MUNDELLA, lingered the long night through on Treasury Bench. At last dragged into arena by JOHN MORLEY. Painfully conscious of GORST on his right hand. Why couldn't he go away? Why sit there smiling when MATTHEWS floundered, and why turn over the pages of the Blue Book with such subtle air of contradiction when MATTHEWS quoted ...

— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 100, June 27, 1891 • Various

... our masters far behind us. But how was this possible? simply because the Egyptians, bound by unalterable laws, could make no progress; we, on the contrary, were free to pursue our course in the wide arena of art as far as will and ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

... from miles away, the interesting combination of the extraordinary fame of its football team with a keen spiritual life, especially fascinated Gilbert. He wrote a poem dedicated to the University and called "The Arena." In it he pictures first the golden image on "the gilded house of Nero" that stood for all the horrors of the Pagan Amphitheatre. Then comes in contrast ...

— Gilbert Keith Chesterton • Maisie Ward

... Churton Collins appears to have been attended by painful circumstances, and one may be permitted to regret the disappearance from the literary arena of this vigorous pundit. He had an agreeable face, with pendant hair and the chin of a fighter. His industry must have been terrific, and personally I can forgive anything to him who consistently and violently works. ...

— Books and Persons - Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 • Arnold Bennett

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