3112 PALLADIUM Results
Johnb - co.uk
Dear people
Having received a def for the reprised rubble that was obviously the end of the defs!!! and so it turned out
Many of you had difficulty with the names of theatres - had I realised that I might have chosen a different word but... it actually comes from Pallas Athena - Mythology says that a wooden statue of her was a protection to Troy and was stolen by Odysseus (and Diomedes) from Troy and later taken by Aeneas to the site of Rome where it became the thing that protected the citadel and was there for several centuries (at least until CE241 with legends that it was transferred by Constantine to Constantinople to legitimize his reign)
Figuratively it became a symbol of protection in 16th Century English - often relics of saints, but more generally things like Drake's Drum and the Gibraltar Apes - hence #7 is the definition I used. Tim L and Nancy voted for that thus it received a D2. Tim L also provided the winning definition and Nancy becomes the real winner
So take it away Tim
JohnnyB
1 a temple to Pallas Athena, then (under the Romans) to Minerva from Efrem who voted for 2,11
Voted for by Paul K scores 1
2 (also hippodrome) a Roman arena used for dramatic and other performances, such as the one restored at Caesarea from Tim B who voted for 8,11
Voted for by Paul, Efrem scores 2
3 Brit. a vaudeville theater from Paul who voted for 1,2
Received no votes scores 0
4 the calm weather that may precede a storm from Tony who didn’t vote
Voted for by Shani scores 1
5 an ornate sacramental table used in temples to hold offerings to a deity, often for the purpose of ritual blessing from Ryan who didn’t vote
Voted for by Tim L, Alan scores 2
6 the flattened tip of a hypha in various species of parasitic fungi from which a filament emerges that penetrates the host's tissues from Judy M who voted for 8,9
Voted for by Mike scores 1
7 a thing on which the safety of a nation, institution, privilege, etc., is believed to depend; a source of protection, a safeguard OED Online 2020
Voted for by Tim L,Nancy scores a D2
8 an entranceway to a theatre from Dave who didn’t vote
Voted for by Judy,Tim B, Dan scores 3
9 a commemorative arch, often stand-alone from Nancy who voted 7*, 11
Voted for by Debbie, Judy, Dan scores 5*
10 the place from which a jury is drawn and in which trial is held from Debbie who voted 9,11
Voted for by Mike scores 1
11 in Roman times, a room for entertaining guests from Tim L who voted 5,7*
Voted for by Debbie, Tim B, Shani, Nancy, Efrem scores 7*
12 a piece of land containing a sacred grove of trees from Shani who voted 4,11
Voted for by Alan scores 1
13 a toga bordered in purple, worn by Roman senators during the time of the Caesars. The dye used, know as Tyrean purple, was made from the crushed shells of certain sea snails, and was quite rare and expensive. Julius Caesar was reputed to have worn a toga dyed entirely in purple, whence the term "royal purple" from Mike S who voted 6,10
Received no votes scores 0
14 a dam constructed of concrete and/or masonry on the outside but having a hollow interior filled with unshaped or uncoursed stones or rubble from Dan W who voted 8,9
Received no votes scores 0
** No def**** Alan M who voted 5,12
scores 0
John
