a. [a. Fr. amphithéatral, ad. L. amphitheātrāl-em: see next, and -AL.]
1. Of or belonging to an amphitheater; performed in an amphitheater.
1654. Gayton, Festiv. Notes, IV. i. 178. Those Amphitheatrall Butcheries.
2. Resembling the arrangement of the seats in an amphitheater; rising all round.
1615. Sandys, Trav., 278 (D.). Which … erect A Round amphitheatral.
1812. Miss Plumtre, Lichtenst. S. Africa, II. 162. Vast masses of rock rise one above the other in an amphitheatral form.
1863. Bates, Nat. on Amazon, i. 2. The City of Pará … affords no amphitheatral view from the river.
