Monomachia

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

  Monomachia \Mon`o*ma"chi*a\, Monomachy \Mo*nom"a*chy\, n. [L.
     monomachia, Gr. ?, fr. ? fighting in single combat; mo`nos
     single, alone + ? to fight.]
     A duel; single combat. "The duello or monomachia." --Sir W.
     Scott.
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