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An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles
are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered,
except the stage, but in modern times roofed. |
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Any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances
before an assembly, as public lectures, scholastic exercises,
anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations, etc. |
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That which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like;
a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a theater. |
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A sphere or scheme of operation. |
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A place or region where great events are enacted; as, the
theater of war. |