a. [f. as prec. + -AL 1.]
1. Of or pertaining to an amphitheater; performed in an amphitheater.
1607. Topsell, Serpents (1653), 783. The amphitheatricall fights of the Romans.
1654. Gayton, Festiv. Notes, IV. xxi. (T.). Amphitheatrical gladiatures.
1752. Hume, Polit. Disc., x. 165. Who can read the accounts of the amphitheatrical entertainments without horror?
1833. Penny Cycl., I. 470. Games of the circus or amphitheatrical shows.
2. Resembling an amphitheater (in situation).
1724. De Foe, etc., Tour Gt. Brit. (1769), II. 292. It lies in a great Valley, surrounded with an amphitheatrical View of Hills.
1845. Darwin, Voy. Nat., xix. (1873), 439. Valleys and great amphitheatrical depressions.
1858. Hawthorne, Fr. & It. Jrnls., II. 74. Amphitheatrical ranges of wooden seats.
