Odeon

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

  Odeon \O*de"on\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?: cf. F. od['e]on. See
     {Ode}.]
     A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the
     dramatic theater and roofed over, in which poets and
     musicians submitted their works to the approval of the
     public, and contended for prizes; -- hence, in modern usage,


     the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances.
     [1913 Webster]