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Meaning of 'olympiad' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Olympiad [ n.]
- A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Cor/bus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads.