Definition of monomachy in English:
monomachy
nounPlural monomachies məˈnɒməki
rare A duel.
Example sentencesExamples
- His sense of nobility moves him to desire to engage in a monomachy with Miraz to avenge his father.
- Epic monomachy can all too easily become a reductive and distorting clash between agents of pure good and evil.
- In the monomachy, we see him raised to a superhuman stature and strength.
- Under the principate emperors never indulged in such monomachy.
- There is to be perform'd a monomachy, Combat or duel, time, place, and weapon, Agreed betwixt us.
Synonyms
affair of honour, mano-a-mano, single combat
Origin
Late 16th century: from late Latin monomachia, from Greek monomakhia, from monos 'alone' +-makhia 'fighting'.