Delphiad

Proper noun

Delphiad (plural Delphiads)

1. An international drama festival held every two or three years.
   • The Delphiad is an International Drama Festival held every two or three years at which university dramatic societies present either a classical play or one by a leading native dramatist.1955, The American Little Theatre Magazine
   • The play was taken by invitation to the fourth Delphiad at Saarbrücken which is 'for university students from all over Europe to present their versions of Greek plays'. The rules of the Delphiad that lay down that all actors must be from [...]1976, John Haldane Blackie, Bradfield, 1850-1975