Lampadrome

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lampadrome \Lam"pa*drome\, n. [Gr. ?; ?, ?, torch + ? course,
     race, fr. ? to run.] (Gr. Antiq.)
     A race run by young men with lighted torches in their hands.
     He who reached the goal first, with his torch unextinguished,
     gained the prize.
     [1913 Webster]