Lämp'a-drōme, n.

n. [Gr. λαμπαδηδρομία, fr. λαμπάς, torch, and δρόμος, course, race, fr. δραμεῖν, τρέχειν, to run.] (Gr. Antiq.) A race run by young men with lamps in their hands. He who reached the goal first, with his lamp unextinguished, gained the prize.